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Verb phrases are discontinuous: the parts of a verb phrase are (s) an inflected
verb, (s2) verb adverbials (not negation though), and (s3) complement. This discontinuity
is needed in sentence formation to account for word order variations.
VerbPhrase : Type = Verb ** {s2: Str; s3 : Gender =>
Number => Str ; negBefore: Bool} ;
This is one instance of Gazdar’s slash categories [1], corresponding to hisS/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.
SlashNounPhrase = Clause ** Complement ;
Clause = {s : Polarity => ClForm => Str} ;
This is the traditional S -> NP VP rule:
predVerbPhrase : NounPhrase -> VerbPhrase -> SlashNounPhrase =
\Ya, tebyaNeVizhu -> { s = \\b,clf =>
let
{ya = Ya.s ! (mkPronForm Nom No NonPoss);
khorosho = tebyaNeVizhu.s2;
vizhu = tebyaNeVizhu.s!clf!(gNum (pgen2gen Ya.g) Ya.n)!Ya.p;
tebya = tebyaNeVizhu.s3 ! (pgen2gen Ya.g) ! Ya.n
}
in
ya ++ khorosho ++ vizhu ++ tebya;
s2= "";
c = Nom
} ;
Questions are either direct (Ty sqastliv?) (Are you happy?) or indirect
(Potom on sprosil sqastliv li ty) (Then he asked if you are happy).
param QuestForm = DirQ | IndirQ ;
The order of sentence is needed already in VP.
oper
getActVerbForm : ClForm -> Gender -> Number -> Person ->
VerbForm = \clf,g,n, p -> case clf of
{ClIndic Future _ => VFORM Act (VIND (gNum g n) (VFuture p));
ClIndic Past _ => VFORM Act (VIND (gNum g n) VPast);
ClIndic Present _ => VFORM Act (VIND (gNum g n) (VPresent p));
ClCondit => VFORM Act (VSUB (gNum g n));
ClInfinit => VFORM Act VINF ;
ClImper => VFORM Act (VIMP n p)
};
3.4 For Adjective
Adjective declination forms depend on Case, Animacy, Gender and Number: bolьxie
doma - bolьxih domov (big houses - big houses’); and on Number: bolьxo� dom -
bolьxie doma (a big house - big houses); Animacy plays role only in the Accusative
case (Masc Sg and Plural forms): Accusative Animate = Genitive, Accusaive Inanimate
= Nominative � l�bl� bolьxie doma - � l�bl� bolьxih muжqin (I love
big houses - I love big men). AdvF is a special adverbial form: horoxi� - horoxo
(good-well):
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