A computational grammar and lexicon for Maltese
A computational grammar and lexicon for Maltese
A computational grammar and lexicon for Maltese
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QS question where did she live fejn għexet<br />
Quant quantifier (‘nucleus’ of Det) this/these dan/dawn<br />
RCl relative clause, with all tenses in which she lives li fiha tgħix<br />
RP relative pronoun in which li fiha<br />
RS relative in which she lived li fiha għexet<br />
S declarative sentence she lived here għexet hawn<br />
SC embedded sentence or question that he thinks li jaħseb<br />
Subj subjunction if jekk<br />
Temp temporal <strong>and</strong> aspectual features past anterior<br />
Tense tense present, past, future<br />
Text text consisting of several phrases He is here. Why? Huwa hawn. Għalfejn?<br />
Utt sentence, question, word… be quiet oqgħod kwiet<br />
V one-place verb sleep raqad<br />
V2 two-place verb love ħabb<br />
V2A verb with NP <strong>and</strong> AP complement paint pitter<br />
V2Q verb with NP <strong>and</strong> Q complement ask saqsa<br />
V2S verb with NP <strong>and</strong> S complement answer wieġeb<br />
V2V verb with NP <strong>and</strong> V complement beg ttallab<br />
V3 three-place verb give ta<br />
VA adjective-complement verb become sar<br />
VP verb phrase is very warm huwa sħun ħafna<br />
VPSlash verb phrase missing complement give to John ta lil Ġanni<br />
VQ question-complement verb wonder kkuntempla<br />
VS sentence-complement verb say qal<br />
VV verb-phrase-complement verb want ried<br />
Voc vocative or “please” please jekk jgħoġbok<br />
A.2 Modules<br />
Figure A.2 shows the module structure of the <strong>Maltese</strong> resource <strong>grammar</strong>. This follows the<br />
st<strong>and</strong>ard module division in the RGL. Tables A.2 <strong>and</strong> A.3 describe the contents of each module.<br />
Table A.2: Summary of concrete modules in the Resource Grammar Library<br />
(<strong>for</strong> non-functor languages). Adapted from<br />
http://www.grammaticalframework.org/lib/doc/gfdoc/sources.html<br />
Concrete module<br />
All<br />
Lang<br />
Irreg<br />
Extra<br />
Grammar<br />
Contains<br />
Top-level module including irregular <strong>and</strong> extra<br />
Combination of <strong>grammar</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>lexicon</strong><br />
Irregularly inflected words<br />
Language-specific extra constructs not available via the common API<br />
All <strong>grammar</strong> rules, but no content <strong>lexicon</strong><br />
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