--1 A Small Romance Resource Syntax -- -- Aarne Ranta 2002 -- -- This resource grammar contains definitions needed to construct -- indicative, interrogative, and imperative sentences in Romance languages. -- We try to share as much as possible. Even if the definitions of certain -- operations are different in $syntax.Fra.gf$ and $syntax.Ita.gf$, we can -- often give their type signatures in this file. -- -- The following files are presupposed: interface SyntaxRomance = TypesRomance ** open Prelude, (CO=Coordination) in { --2 Common Nouns -- -- Common nouns are defined as number-dependent strings with a gender. -- Complex common noun ($CommNounPhrase$) have the same type as simple ones. -- (The distinction is made just because of uniformity with other languages.) oper CommNoun : Type = {s : Number => Str ; g : Gender} ; CommNounPhrase = CommNoun ; noun2CommNounPhrase : CommNounPhrase -> CommNoun = \x -> x ; commonNounComp : CommNoun -> Str -> CommNoun = \numero, detelephone -> {s = \\n => numero.s ! n ++ detelephone ; g = numero.g } ; --2 Noun phrase -- -- The worst case is pronouns, which have inflection in the possessive -- forms. Other noun phrases express all possessive forms with the genitive case. -- Proper names are the simples example. ProperName : Type = {s : Str ; g : Gender} ; NounPhrase : Type = Pronoun ; -- the worst case nameNounPhrase : ProperName -> NounPhrase ; mkProperName : Str -> Gender -> ProperName = \jean,m -> {s = jean ; g = m} ; mkNameNounPhrase : Str -> Gender -> NounPhrase = \jean,m -> nameNounPhrase (mkProperName jean m) ; nounPhraseOn : NounPhrase ; normalNounPhrase : (CaseA => Str) -> Gender -> Number -> NounPhrase = \cs,g,n -> {s = \\p => cs ! (pform2case p) ; g = PGen g ; n = n ; p = P3 ; -- third person c = Clit0 -- not clitic } ; pronNounPhrase : Pronoun -> NounPhrase = \pro -> pro ; -- Many determiners can be modified with numerals, which may be inflected in -- gender. Numeral : Type = {s : Gender => Str} ; pronWithNum : Pronoun -> Numeral -> Pronoun = \nous,deux -> {s = \\c => nous.s ! c ++ deux.s ! pgen2gen nous.g ; g = nous.g ; n = nous.n ; p = nous.p ; c = nous.c } ; noNum : Numeral = {s = \\_ => []} ; --2 Determiners -- -- Determiners are inflected according to the gender of the nouns they determine. -- The determiner determines the number of the argument noun. Determiner : Type = {s : Gender => Str ; n : Number} ; detNounPhrase : Determiner -> CommNoun -> NounPhrase = \tout, homme -> normalNounPhrase (\\c => prepCase c ++ tout.s ! homme.g ++ homme.s ! tout.n) homme.g tout.n ; -- The following macros are sufficient to define most determiners, -- as shown by the examples that follow. mkDeterminer : Number -> Str -> Str -> Determiner = \n,tous,toutes -> {s = genForms tous toutes ; n = n} ; mkDeterminer1 : Number -> Str -> Determiner = \n,chaque -> mkDeterminer n chaque chaque ; mkDeterminerNum : Number -> Str -> Str -> Numeral -> Determiner = \n,tous,toutes,nu -> {s = \\g => genForms tous toutes ! g ++ nu.s ! g ; n = n} ; -- Indefinite and definite noun phrases are treated separately, -- since noun phrases formed by them also depend on case. -- The indefinite case with a numeral has no separate article: -- "il y a 86 voitures", not "il y a des 86 voitures". indefNounPhrase : Number -> CommNounPhrase -> NounPhrase = \n,mec -> normalNounPhrase (\\c => artIndef mec.g n c ++ mec.s ! n) mec.g n ; indefNounPhraseNum : Numeral -> CommNounPhrase -> NounPhrase = \nu,mec -> normalNounPhrase (\\c => nu.s ! mec.g ++ mec.s ! Pl) mec.g Pl ; defNounPhrase : Number -> CommNounPhrase -> NounPhrase = \n,mec -> normalNounPhrase (\\c => artDef mec.g n c ++ mec.s ! n) mec.g n ; defNounPhraseNum : Numeral -> CommNounPhrase -> NounPhrase = \nu,mec -> normalNounPhrase (\\c => artDef mec.g Pl c ++ nu.s !mec.g ++ mec.s ! Pl) mec.g Pl ; -- We often need indefinite noun phrases synacategorematically. indefNoun : Number -> CommNounPhrase -> Str = \n,mec -> (indefNounPhrase n mec).s ! case2pform nominative ; -- Genitives of noun phrases can be used like determiners, to build noun phrases. -- The number argument makes the difference between "ma maison" - "mes maisons". -- The clitic type of the NP decides between "ma maison" and "la maison de Jean". npGenDet : Number -> NounPhrase -> CommNounPhrase -> NounPhrase = \n,jeanne,mec -> let {str : CaseA => Str = case jeanne.c of { Clit0 => npGenDe n jeanne mec ; _ => npGenPoss n jeanne mec } } in normalNounPhrase str mec.g n ; npGenDetNum : Numeral -> NounPhrase -> CommNounPhrase -> NounPhrase = \nu,jeanne,mec -> let {str : CaseA => Str = case jeanne.c of { Clit0 => npGenDeNum nu jeanne mec ; _ => npGenPossNum nu jeanne mec } } in normalNounPhrase str mec.g Pl ; -- These auxiliary rules define the genitive with "de" and with the possessive. -- Here there is a difference between French and Italian: Italian has a definite -- article before possessives (with certain exceptions). npGenDe : Number -> NounPhrase -> CommNounPhrase -> CaseA => Str = \n,jeanne,mec -> \\c => artDef mec.g n c ++ mec.s ! n ++ jeanne.s ! case2pform genitive ; npGenDeNum : Numeral -> NounPhrase -> CommNounPhrase -> CaseA => Str = \nu,jeanne,mec -> \\c => artDef mec.g Pl c ++ nu.s ! mec.g ++ mec.s ! Pl ++ jeanne.s ! case2pform genitive ; npGenPoss : Number -> NounPhrase -> CommNounPhrase -> CaseA => Str ; npGenPossNum : Numeral -> NounPhrase -> CommNounPhrase -> CaseA => Str ; -- Constructions like "l'idée que la terre est ronde" are formed at the -- first place as common nouns, so that one can also have "la suggestion que...". nounThatSentence : CommNounPhrase -> Sentence -> CommNounPhrase = \idee,x -> {s = \\n => idee.s ! n ++ elisQue ++ x.s ! Ind ; g = idee.g } ; -- The existence construction "il y a", "c'è / ci sono" is defined separately, -- and ad hoc, in each language. existNounPhrase : NounPhrase -> Sentence ; -- The partitive noun phrase has special nominative and accusative, which look like -- genitives ("du vin, avec du vin", as well as genitive form, where the definite -- article contracts away ("de vin"). partitiveNounPhrase : Number -> CommNounPhrase -> NounPhrase ; --2 Adjectives -- -- Adjectives have a parameter $p$ telling if postposition is -- allowed (complex APs). There is no real need in Romance languages to distinguish -- between simple adjectives and adjectival phrases. Adjective : Type = Adj ** {p : Bool} ; adjPre = True ; adjPost = False ; AdjPhrase : Type = Adjective ; adj2adjPhrase : Adjective -> AdjPhrase = \x -> x ; mkAdjective : Adj -> Bool -> Adjective = \adj,p -> adj ** {p = p} ; --3 Comparison adjectives -- -- The type is defined in $types.Romance.gf$. Syntax adds to lexicon the position -- information. AdjDegr = AdjComp ** {p : Bool} ; mkAdjDegr : AdjComp -> Bool -> AdjDegr = \adj,p -> adj ** {p = p} ; mkAdjDegrLong : Adj -> Bool -> AdjDegr = \adj,p -> adjCompLong adj ** {p = p} ; -- Each of the comparison forms has a characteristic use: -- -- Positive forms are used alone, as adjectival phrases ("bon"). positAdjPhrase : AdjDegr -> AdjPhrase = \bon -> {s = bon.s ! Pos ; p = bon.p } ; -- Comparative forms are used with an object of comparison, as -- adjectival phrases ("meilleur que toi"). The comparing conjunction -- is of course language-dependent; Italian moreover has the free -- variants "che" and "di". comparAdjPhrase : AdjDegr -> NounPhrase -> AdjPhrase = \bon, toi -> {s = \\a => bon.s ! Comp ! a ++ comparConj ++ toi.s ! stressed accusative ; p = False } ; comparConj : Str ; -- Superlative forms are used with a common noun, picking out the -- maximal representative of a domain -- ("le meilleur mec", "le mec le plus intelligent"). superlNounPhrase : AdjDegr -> CommNoun -> NounPhrase = \bon, mec -> normalNounPhrase (\\c => artDef mec.g Sg c ++ if_then_else Str bon.p (bon.s ! Sup ! AF mec.g Sg ++ mec.s ! Sg) (mec.s ! Sg ++ artDef mec.g Sg nominative ++ bon.s ! Sup ! AF mec.g Sg) ) mec.g Sg ; --3 Prepositions and complements -- -- Most prepositions are just strings. But "à" and "de" are treated as cases in -- French. In Italian, there are more prepositions treated in this way: -- "a", "di", "da", "in", "su", "con". -- An invariant is that, if the preposition is not empty ($[]$), then the case -- is $Acc$. Preposition = Str ; Complement = {s2 : Preposition ; c : CaseA} ; complement : Str -> Complement = \par -> {s2 = par ; c = nominative} ; complementDir : Complement = complement [] ; complementCas : CaseA -> Complement = \c -> {s2 = [] ; c = c} ; --3 Two-place adjectives -- -- A two-place adjective is an adjective with a preposition used before -- the complement, and the complement case. AdjCompl = AdjPhrase ** Complement ; mkAdjCompl : Adj -> Bool -> Complement -> AdjCompl = \adj,p,c -> mkAdjective adj p ** c ; complAdj : AdjCompl -> NounPhrase -> AdjPhrase = \relie,jean -> {s = \\a => relie.s ! a ++ relie.s2 ++ jean.s ! case2pform relie.c ; p = False } ; --3 Modification of common nouns -- -- The two main functions of adjective are in predication ("Jean est jeune") -- and in modification ("un jeune homme"). Predication will be defined -- later, in the chapter on verbs. -- -- Modification must pay attention to pre- and post-noun -- adjectives: "jeune homme"; "homme intelligent". modCommNounPhrase : AdjPhrase -> CommNounPhrase -> CommNounPhrase = \bon,mec -> {s = \\n => if_then_else Str bon.p (bon.s ! AF mec.g n ++ mec.s ! n) (mec.s ! n ++ bon.s ! AF mec.g n) ; g = mec.g } ; --2 Function expressions -- A function expression is a common noun together with the -- preposition prefixed to its argument ("mère de x"). -- The type is analogous to two-place adjectives and transitive verbs. Function : Type = CommNounPhrase ** Complement ; -- The application of a function gives, in the first place, a common noun: -- "mor/mödrar till Johan". From this, other rules of the resource grammar -- give noun phrases, such as "la mère de Jean", "les mères de Jean", -- "les mères de Jean et de Marie", and "la mère de Jean et de Marie" (the -- latter two corresponding to distributive and collective functions, -- respectively). Semantics will eventually tell when each -- of the readings is meaningful. appFunComm : Function -> NounPhrase -> CommNounPhrase = \mere,jean -> {s = \\n => mere.s ! n ++ mere.s2 ++ jean.s ! case2pform mere.c ; g = mere.g } ; -- Two-place functions add one argument place. Function2 = Function ** {s3 : Preposition ; c3 : CaseA} ; -- There application starts by filling the first place. appFun2 : Function2 -> NounPhrase -> Function = \vol, paris -> {s = \\n => vol.s ! n ++ vol.s2 ++ paris.s ! case2pform vol.c ; g = vol.g ; s2 = vol.s3 ; c = vol.c3 } ; -- It is possible to use a function word as a common noun; the semantics is -- often existential or indexical. funAsCommNounPhrase : Function -> CommNounPhrase = \x -> x ; -- The following is an aggregate corresponding to the original function application -- producing "ma mère" and "la mère de Jean". It does not appear in the -- resource grammar API any longer. appFun : Bool -> Function -> NounPhrase -> NounPhrase = \coll, mere, jean -> let n = jean.n ; g = mere.g ; nf = if_then_else Number coll Sg n in variants { defNounPhrase nf (appFunComm mere jean) ; npGenDet nf jean mere } ; --2 Verbs -- --3 Verb phrases -- -- Unlike many other languages, verb phrases in Romance languages -- are not discontinuous. -- We use clitic parameters instead. -- -- (It is not quite sure, though, whether this -- will suffice in French for examples like "je n'*y* vais pas": one may want to -- add "y" to "ne vais pas" instead of "ne - pas" to "y vais".) -- -- So far we restrict the syntax to present-tense verbs, even though -- morphology has complete conjugations. VerbPhrase = {s : Gender => VF => Str} ; VerbGroup = {s : Bool => Gender => VF => Str} ; predVerbGroup : Bool -> VerbGroup -> VerbPhrase = \b,vg -> { s = vg.s ! b } ; Verb = VerbPres ; -- Predication is language-dependent in the negative case. predVerb : VerbPres -> VerbGroup = \aller -> {s = \\b,_,v => if_then_Str b (aller.s ! v) (negVerb (aller.s ! v))} ; negVerb : Str -> Str ; -- Verb phrases can also be formed from adjectives ("est bon"), -- common nouns ("est un homme"), and noun phrases ("est Jean"). -- We need a copula, which is of course language-dependent. copula : Bool -> VF => Str ; -- The third rule is overgenerating: "est chaque homme" has to be ruled out -- on semantic grounds. predAdjective : AdjPhrase -> VerbGroup = \bon -> {s = \\b,g,v => copula b ! v ++ bon.s ! AF g (nombreVerb v)} ; predCommNoun : CommNounPhrase -> VerbGroup = \homme -> {s = \\b,g,v => copula b ! v ++ indefNoun (nombreVerb v) homme} ; predNounPhrase : NounPhrase -> VerbGroup = \jean -> {s = \\b,g,v => copula b ! v ++ jean.s ! stressed nominative} ; predAdverb : Adverb -> VerbGroup = \dehors -> {s = \\b,g,v => copula b ! v ++ dehors.s} ; -- Passivization is like adjectival predication. predPassVerb : Verb -> VerbGroup = \aimer -> {s = \\b,g,v => copula b ! v ++ aimer.s ! VPart g (nombreVerb v)} ; -- complement a verb with noun phrase and optional preposition TransVerb : Type = VerbPres ** Complement ; verbOfTransVerb : TransVerb -> VerbPres = \v -> {s = v.s} ; complementOfTransVerb : TransVerb -> Complement = \v -> {s2 = v.s2 ; c = v.c} ; isNounPhraseClit : NounPhrase -> Bool = \n -> case n.c of { Clit0 => False ; _ => True } ; -- This function is language-dependent, because it uses the language-dependent -- type of case. isTransVerbClit : TransVerb -> Bool ; --3 Transitive verbs -- -- Transitive verbs are verbs with a preposition for the complement, -- in analogy with two-place adjectives and functions. -- One might prefer to use the term "2-place verb", since -- "transitive" traditionally means that the inherent preposition is empty. -- Such a verb is one with a *direct object* - which may still be accusative, -- dative, or genitive. -- -- In complementation, we do need some dispatching of clitic types: -- "aime Jean" ; "n'aime pas Jean" ; "l'aime" ; "ne l'aime pas". -- More will be needed when we add ditransitive verbs. complTransVerb : TransVerb -> NounPhrase -> VerbGroup = \aime,jean -> {s = \\b,g,w => ---- BUG: v gives stack overflow let {Jean = jean.s ! (case2pformClit aime.c) ; Aime = aime.s ! w} in if_then_Str (andB (isNounPhraseClit jean) (isTransVerbClit aime)) (posNeg b (Jean ++ Aime) []) (posNeg b Aime Jean) } ; mkTransVerb : Verb -> Preposition -> CaseA -> TransVerb = \v,p,c -> v ** {s2 = p ; c = c} ; mkTransVerbPrep : Verb -> Preposition -> TransVerb = \passer,par -> mkTransVerb passer par accusative ; mkTransVerbCas : Verb -> CaseA -> TransVerb = \penser,a -> mkTransVerb penser [] a ; mkTransVerbDir : Verb -> TransVerb = \aimer -> mkTransVerbCas aimer accusative ; -- Transitive verbs can be used elliptically as verbs. The semantics -- is left to applications. The definition is trivial, due to record -- subtyping. transAsVerb : TransVerb -> Verb = \love -> love ; -- *Ditransitive verbs* are verbs with three argument places. -- We treat so far only the rule in which the ditransitive -- verb takes both complements to form a verb phrase. DitransVerb = TransVerb ** {s3 : Preposition ; c3 : CaseA} ; mkDitransVerb : Verb -> Preposition -> CaseA -> Preposition -> CaseA -> DitransVerb = \v,p1,c1,p2,c2 -> v ** {s2 = p1 ; c = c1 ; s3 = p2 ; c3 = c2} ; --- This must be completed to account for the order of the clitics, and also, to --- distinguish between different types of complements. complDitransVerb : DitransVerb -> NounPhrase -> NounPhrase -> VerbGroup = \donner,jean,vin -> {s = \\b,g,w => let donne = donner.s ! w ; cJean = isNounPhraseClit jean ; cVin = isNounPhraseClit vin ; Jean = jean.s ! (case2pformClit donner.c) ; Vin = vin.s ! (case2pformClit donner.c3) ; aJean = if_then_Str cJean [] Jean ; duVin = if_then_Str cVin [] Vin ; lui = if_then_Str cJean Jean [] ; te = if_then_Str cVin Vin [] in posNeg b (te ++ lui ++ donne) (aJean ++ duVin) } ; -- The following macro builds the "ne - pas" or "non" negation. The second -- string argument is used for the complement of a verb phrase. In Italian, -- one string argument would actually be enough. posNeg : Bool -> (verb, compl : Str) -> Str ; --2 Adverbials -- -- Adverbials are not inflected (we ignore comparison, and treat -- compared adverbials as separate expressions; this could be done another way). -- -- (We should also take into account clitic ones, like "y", -- as well as the position: "est toujours heureux" / "est heureux à Paris".) Adverb : Type = SS ; adVerbPhrase : VerbPhrase -> Adverb -> VerbPhrase = \chante, bien -> {s = \\g,v => chante.s ! g ! v ++ bien.s} ; -- Adverbials are typically generated by prefixing prepositions. -- The rule for prepositional phrases also comprises the use of prepositions -- treated as cases. Therefore, both a preposition and a case are needed -- as arguments. prepNounPhrase : {s : Preposition ; c : CaseA} -> NounPhrase -> Adverb = \dans,jean -> {s = dans.s ++ jean.s ! Ton dans.c} ; justPrep : Preposition -> {s : Preposition ; c : CaseA} = \sans -> {s = sans ; c = prepositional} ; justCase : CaseA -> {s : Preposition ; c : CaseA} = \nom -> {s = [] ; c = nom} ; -- This is a source of the "homme avec un téléscope" ambiguity, and may produce -- strange things, like "les voitures toujours". -- Semantics will have to make finer distinctions among adverbials. -- French moreover says "les voitures d'hier" rather than "les voitures hier". advCommNounPhrase : CommNounPhrase -> Adverb -> CommNounPhrase = \mec,aparis -> {s = \\n => mec.s ! n ++ aparis.s ; g = mec.g } ; advAdjPhrase : Adverb -> AdjPhrase -> AdjPhrase = \trop,lent -> {s = \\a => trop.s ++ lent.s ! a ; p = lent.p } ; --2 Sentences -- -- Sentences depend on a *mode parameter* selecting between -- indicative and subjunctive forms. Sentence : Type = SS1 Mode ; -- This is the traditional $S -> NP VP$ rule. It takes care of both -- mode and agreement. predVerbPhrase : NounPhrase -> VerbPhrase -> Sentence = \jean,dort -> {s = \\m => jean.s ! unstressed nominative ++ dort.s ! pgen2gen jean.g ! VFin m jean.n jean.p } ; --3 Sentence-complement verbs -- -- Sentence-complement verbs take sentences as complements. -- The mode of the complement depends on the verb, and can be different -- for positive and negative uses of the verb -- ("je crois qu'elle vient" -"je ne crois pas qu'elle vienne"), SentenceVerb : Type = VerbPres ** {mp, mn : Mode} ; complSentVerb : SentenceVerb -> Sentence -> VerbGroup = \croire,jeanboit -> {s = \\b,_,w => let {m = if_then_else Mode b croire.mp croire.mn} in posNeg b (croire.s ! w) (embedConj ++ jeanboit.s ! m)} ; ----w verbSent : Verb -> Mode -> Mode -> SentenceVerb = \v,mp,mn -> v ** {mp = mp ; mn = mn} ; -- The embedding conjunction is language dependent. embedConj : Str ; --3 Verb-complement verbs -- -- Verb-complement verbs take verb phrases as complements. -- They can need an oblique case ("à", "de"), but they work like ordinary verbs. VerbVerb : Type = Verb ** {c : CaseA} ; complVerbVerb : VerbVerb -> VerbGroup -> VerbGroup = \devoir, nager -> {s = \\b,g,v => if_then_Str b (devoir.s ! v) (negVerb (devoir.s ! v)) ++ prepCase devoir.c ++ nager.s ! True ! g ! VInfin } ; mkVerbVerbDir : Verb -> VerbVerb = \v -> v ** {c = accusative} ; --2 Sentences missing noun phrases -- -- This is one instance of Gazdar's *slash categories*, corresponding to his -- $S/NP$. -- We cannot have - nor would we want to have - a productive slash-category former. -- Perhaps a handful more will be needed. -- -- Notice that the slash category has the same relation to sentences as -- transitive verbs have to verbs: it's like a *sentence taking a complement*. SentenceSlashNounPhrase = Sentence ** Complement ; slashTransVerb : Bool -> NounPhrase -> TransVerb -> SentenceSlashNounPhrase = \b,jean,aimer -> predVerbPhrase jean (predVerbGroup b (predVerb (verbOfTransVerb aimer))) ** complementOfTransVerb aimer ; --2 Relative pronouns and relative clauses -- -- Relative pronouns are inflected in -- gender, number, and case. They can also have an inherent case, -- but this case if 'variable' in the sense that it -- is sometimes just mediated from the correlate -- ("homme qui est bon"), sometimes inherent to the -- pronominal phrase itself ("homme dont la mère est bonne"). oper RelPron : Type = {s : RelFormA => Str ; g : RelGen} ; RelClause : Type = {s : Mode => Gender => Number => Str} ; mkGenRel : RelGen -> Gender -> Gender = \rg,g -> case rg of { RG gen => gen ; _ => g } ; -- Simple relative pronouns ("qui", "dont", "par laquelle") -- have no inherent gender. identRelPron : RelPron ; composRelPron : Gender -> Number -> CaseA -> Str ; -- Complex relative pronouns ("dont la mère") do have an inherent gender. funRelPron : Function -> RelPron -> RelPron ; -- There are often variants, i.e. short and long forms -- ("que" - "lequel", "dont" -"duquel"), etc. allRelForms : RelPron -> Gender -> Number -> CaseA -> Str ; -- Relative clauses can be formed from both verb phrases ("qui dort") and -- slash expressions ("que je vois", "dont je parle"). relVerbPhrase : RelPron -> VerbPhrase -> RelClause = \qui,dort -> {s = \\m,g,n => allRelForms qui g n nominative ++ dort.s ! g ! VFin m n P3 } ; relSlash : RelPron -> SentenceSlashNounPhrase -> RelClause = \dont,jeparle -> {s = \\m,g,n => jeparle.s2 ++ allRelForms dont g n jeparle.c ++ jeparle.s ! m } ; -- A 'degenerate' relative clause is the one often used in mathematics, e.g. -- "nombre x tel que x soit pair". relSuch : Sentence -> RelClause = \A -> {s = \\m,g,n => suchPron g n ++ embedConj ++ A.s ! m } ; suchPron : Gender -> Number -> Str ; -- The main use of relative clauses is to modify common nouns. -- The result is a common noun, out of which noun phrases can be formed -- by determiners. A comma is used before the relative clause. -- -- N.B. subjunctive relative clauses -- ("je cherche un mec qui sache chanter") must have another structure -- (unless common noun phrases are given a mode parameter...). modRelClause : CommNounPhrase -> RelClause -> CommNounPhrase = \mec,quidort -> {s = \\n => mec.s ! n ++ quidort.s ! Ind ! mec.g ! n ; g = mec.g } ; --2 Interrogative pronouns -- -- If relative pronouns are adjective-like, interrogative pronouns are -- noun-phrase-like. We use a simplified type, since we don't need the possessive -- forms. -- -- N.B. "est-ce que", etc, will be added below -- when pronouns are used in direct questions. IntPron : Type = {s : CaseA => Str ; g : Gender ; n : Number} ; -- In analogy with relative pronouns, we have a rule for applying a function -- to a relative pronoun to create a new one. funIntPron : Function -> IntPron -> IntPron = \mere,qui -> {s = \\c => artDef mere.g qui.n c ++ mere.s ! qui.n ++ mere.s2 ++ qui.s ! mere.c ; g = mere.g ; n = qui.n } ; -- There is a variety of simple interrogative pronouns: -- "quelle maison", "qui", "quoi". Their definitions are language-dependent. nounIntPron : Number -> CommNounPhrase -> IntPron ; intPronWho : Number -> IntPron ; intPronWhat : Number -> IntPron ; --2 Utterances -- By utterances we mean whole phrases, such as -- 'can be used as moves in a language game': indicatives, questions, imperative, -- and one-word utterances. The rules are far from complete. -- -- N.B. we have not included rules for texts, which we find we cannot say much -- about on this level. In semantically rich GF grammars, texts, dialogues, etc, -- will of course play an important role as categories not reducible to utterances. -- An example is proof texts, whose semantics show a dependence between premises -- and conclusions. Another example is intersentential anaphora. Utterance = SS ; indicUtt : Sentence -> Utterance = \x -> ss (x.s ! Ind ++ ".") ; interrogUtt : Question -> Utterance = \x -> ss (x.s ! DirQ ++ "?") ; --2 Questions -- -- Questions are either direct ("qui a pris la voiture") or indirect -- ("ce qui a pris la voiture"). param QuestForm = DirQ | IndirQ ; oper Question = SS1 QuestForm ; --3 Yes-no questions -- -- Yes-no questions are used both independently ("Tu es fatigué?") -- and after interrogative adverbials ("Pourquoi tu es fatigué?"). -- It is economical to handle with these two cases by the one -- rule, $questVerbPhrase'$. The only difference is if "si" appears -- in the indirect form. -- -- N.B. the inversion variant ("Es-tu fatigué?") is missing, mainly because our -- verb morphology does not support the intervening "t" ("Marche-t-il?"). -- The leading "est-ce que" is recognized as a variant, and requires -- direct word order. questVerbPhrase : NounPhrase -> VerbPhrase -> Question ; -- The existence question is treated separately. existNounPhraseQuest : NounPhrase -> Question ; --3 Wh-questions -- -- Wh-questions are of two kinds: ones that are like $NP - VP$ sentences, -- others that are line $S/NP - NP$ sentences. -- -- N.B. inversion variants and "est-ce que" are treated as above. intVerbPhrase : IntPron -> VerbPhrase -> Question ; intSlash : IntPron -> SentenceSlashNounPhrase -> Question ; --3 Interrogative adverbials -- -- These adverbials will be defined in the lexicon: they include -- "quand", "où", "comment", "pourquoi", etc, which are all invariant one-word -- expressions. In addition, they can be formed by adding prepositions -- to interrogative pronouns, in the same way as adverbials are formed -- from noun phrases. -- -- N.B. inversion variants and "est-ce que" are treated as above. IntAdverb = SS ; questAdverbial : IntAdverb -> NounPhrase -> VerbPhrase -> Question ; --2 Imperatives -- -- We only consider second-person imperatives. -- -- N.B. following the API, we don't distinguish between -- singular and plural "vous", nor between masculine and feminine. -- when forming utterances. -- -- TODO: clitics, Italian negated imperative. Imperative = {s : Gender => Number => Str} ; imperVerbPhrase : VerbPhrase -> Imperative = \dormir -> {s = \\g,n => dormir.s ! g ! vImper n P2 } ; imperUtterance : Number -> Imperative -> Utterance = \n,I -> ss (I.s ! Masc ! n ++ "!") ; --2 Sentence adverbials -- -- This class covers adverbials such as "autrement", "donc", which are prefixed -- to a sentence to form a phrase. advSentence : SS -> Sentence -> Utterance = \donc,ildort -> ss (donc.s ++ ildort.s ! Ind ++ ".") ; --2 Coordination -- -- Coordination is to some extent orthogonal to the rest of syntax, and -- has been treated in a generic way in the module $CO$ in the file -- $coordination.gf$. The overall structure is independent of category, -- but there can be differences in parameter dependencies. -- --3 Conjunctions -- -- Coordinated phrases are built by using conjunctions, which are either -- simple ("et", "ou") or distributed ("et - et", "pu - ou"). Conjunction = CO.Conjunction ** {n : Number} ; ConjunctionDistr = CO.ConjunctionDistr ** {n : Number} ; --3 Coordinating sentences -- -- We need a category of lists of sentences. It is a discontinuous -- category, the parts corresponding to 'init' and 'last' segments -- (rather than 'head' and 'tail', because we have to keep track of the slot between -- the last two elements of the list). A list has at least two elements. -- -- N.B. we don't have repetion of "que" in subordinate coordinated sentences. ListSentence : Type = {s1,s2 : Mode => Str} ; twoSentence : (_,_ : Sentence) -> ListSentence = CO.twoTable Mode ; consSentence : ListSentence -> Sentence -> ListSentence = CO.consTable Mode CO.comma ; -- To coordinate a list of sentences by a simple conjunction, we place -- it between the last two elements; commas are put in the other slots, -- e.g. "Pierre fume, Jean boit et les autres regardsnt". conjunctSentence : Conjunction -> ListSentence -> Sentence = CO.conjunctTable Mode ; -- To coordinate a list of sentences by a distributed conjunction, we place -- the first part in front of the first element, the second -- part between the last two elements, and commas in the other slots. -- For sentences this is really not used. conjunctDistrSentence : ConjunctionDistr -> ListSentence -> Sentence = CO.conjunctDistrTable Mode ; --3 Coordinating adjective phrases -- -- The structure is the same as for sentences. The result is a prefix adjective -- if and only if all elements are prefix. ListAdjPhrase : Type = {s1,s2 : AForm => Str ; p : Bool} ; twoAdjPhrase : (_,_ : AdjPhrase) -> ListAdjPhrase = \x,y -> CO.twoTable AForm x y ** {p = andB x.p y.p} ; consAdjPhrase : ListAdjPhrase -> AdjPhrase -> ListAdjPhrase = \xs,x -> CO.consTable AForm CO.comma xs x ** {p = andB xs.p x.p} ; conjunctAdjPhrase : Conjunction -> ListAdjPhrase -> AdjPhrase = \c,xs -> CO.conjunctTable AForm c xs ** {p = xs.p} ; conjunctDistrAdjPhrase : ConjunctionDistr -> ListAdjPhrase -> AdjPhrase = \c,xs -> CO.conjunctDistrTable AForm c xs ** {p = xs.p} ; --3 Coordinating noun phrases -- -- The structure is the same as for sentences. The result is either always plural -- or plural if any of the components is, depending on the conjunction. -- The gender is masculine if any of the components is. A coordinated noun phrase -- cannot be clitic. ListNounPhrase : Type = {s1,s2 : CaseA => Str ; g : PronGen ; n : Number ; p : Person} ; twoNounPhrase : (_,_ : NounPhrase) -> ListNounPhrase = \x,y -> {s1 = \\c => x.s ! stressed c ; s2 = \\c => y.s ! stressed c} ** {n = conjNumber x.n y.n ; g = conjGender x.g y.g ; p = conjPers x.p y.p} ; consNounPhrase : ListNounPhrase -> NounPhrase -> ListNounPhrase = \xs,x -> {s1 = \\c => xs.s1 ! c ++ CO.comma ++ xs.s2 ! c ; s2 = \\c => x.s ! stressed c} ** {n = conjNumber xs.n x.n ; g = conjGender xs.g x.g ; p =conjPers xs.p x.p} ; conjunctNounPhrase : Conjunction -> ListNounPhrase -> NounPhrase = \co,xs -> {s = \\c => xs.s1 ! pform2case c ++ co.s ++ xs.s2 ! pform2case c} ** {n = conjNumber co.n xs.n ; g = xs.g ; p = xs.p ; c = Clit0 } ; conjunctDistrNounPhrase : ConjunctionDistr -> ListNounPhrase -> NounPhrase = \co,xs -> {s = \\c => co.s1++ xs.s1 ! pform2case c ++ co.s2 ++ xs.s2 ! pform2case c} ** {n = conjNumber co.n xs.n ; g = xs.g ; p = xs.p ; c = Clit0} ; -- We have to define a calculus of numbers of genders. For numbers, -- it is like the conjunction with $Pl$ corresponding to $False$. For genders, -- $Masc$ corresponds to $False$. conjNumber : Number -> Number -> Number = \m,n -> case of { => Sg ; _ => Pl } ; conjGen : Gender -> Gender -> Gender = \m,n -> case of { => Fem ; _ => Masc } ; conjGender : PronGen -> PronGen -> PronGen = \m,n -> case of { => PGen Fem ; _ => PNoGen } ; -- For persons, we go in the descending order: -- "moi et toi sommes forts", "lui ou toi es fort". -- This is not always quite clear. conjPers : Person -> Person -> Person = \p,q -> case of { => P3 ; => P1 ; <_,P1> => P1 ; _ => P2 } ; --2 Subjunction -- -- Subjunctions ("si", "quand", etc) -- are a different way to combine sentences than conjunctions. -- The main clause can be a sentences, an imperatives, or a question, -- but the subjoined clause must be a sentence. The inherent mood can be -- indicative ("si", "quand") or subjunctive ("bien que"). Subjunction = {s : Str ; m : Mode} ; subjunctSentence : Subjunction -> Sentence -> Sentence -> Sentence = \si,A,B -> {s = \\m => subjunctVariants si A (B.s ! m) } ; subjunctImperative : Subjunction -> Sentence -> Imperative -> Imperative = \si,A,B -> {s = \\g,n => subjunctVariants si A (B.s ! g ! n) } ; subjunctQuestion : Subjunction -> Sentence -> Question -> Question = \si,A,B -> {s = \\q => subjunctVariants si A (B.s ! q) } ; -- There are uniformly two variant word orders, e.g. -- "si tu fume je m'en vais" -- and "je m'en vais si tu fume". subjunctVariants : Subjunction -> Sentence -> Str -> Str = \si,A,B -> let {As = A.s ! si.m} in variants { si.s ++ As ++ B ; B ++ si.s ++ As } ; subjunctVerbPhrase : VerbPhrase -> Subjunction -> Sentence -> VerbPhrase = \V, si, A -> adVerbPhrase V (ss (si.s ++ A.s ! si.m)) ; --2 One-word utterances -- -- An utterance can consist of one phrase of almost any category, -- the limiting case being one-word utterances. These -- utterances are often (but not always) in what can be called the -- default form of a category, e.g. the nominative. -- This list is far from exhaustive. useNounPhrase : NounPhrase -> Utterance = \jean -> postfixSS "." (defaultNounPhrase jean) ; useCommonNounPhrase : Number -> CommNounPhrase -> Utterance = \n,mec -> useNounPhrase (indefNounPhrase n mec) ; -- one-form variants defaultNounPhrase : NounPhrase -> SS = \jean -> ss (jean.s ! stressed nominative) ; defaultQuestion : Question -> SS = \quiesttu -> ss (quiesttu.s ! DirQ) ; defaultSentence : Sentence -> SS = \x -> ss (x.s ! Ind) ; ----- moved from Types artDef : Gender -> Number -> CaseA -> Str ; artIndef : Gender -> Number -> CaseA -> Str ; genForms : Str -> Str -> Gender => Str ; ----- moved from Res pronJe, pronTu, pronIl, pronElle, pronNous, pronVous, pronIls, pronElles : Pronoun ; chaqueDet, quelDet, plupartDet : Determiner ; commentAdv, quandAdv, ouAdv, pourquoiAdv : Adverb ; etConj, ouConj : Conjunction ; etetConj, ououConj : ConjunctionDistr ; siSubj, quandSubj : Subjunction ; ouiPhr, noPhr : Utterance ; }