Idiom: Idiomatic Expressions

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    abstract Idiom = Cat ** {

This module defines constructions that are formed in fixed ways, often different even in closely related languages.

      fun
        ImpersCl  : VP -> Cl ;        -- it rains
        GenericCl : VP -> Cl ;        -- one sleeps
    
        CleftNP   : NP  -> RS -> Cl ; -- it is you who did it
        CleftAdv  : Adv -> S  -> Cl ; -- it is yesterday she arrived
    
        ExistNP   : NP -> Cl ;        -- there is a house
        ExistIP   : IP -> QCl ;       -- which houses are there
    
        ProgrVP   : VP -> VP ;        -- be sleeping
    
        ImpPl1    : VP -> Utt ;       -- let's go
    
    }