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Question: Questions and Interrogative Pronouns
abstract Question = Cat ** {
A question can be formed from a clause ('yes-no question') or
with an interrogative.
fun
QuestCl : Cl -> QCl ; -- does John walk
QuestVP : IP -> VP -> QCl ; -- who walks
QuestSlash : IP -> ClSlash -> QCl ; -- whom does John love
QuestIAdv : IAdv -> Cl -> QCl ; -- why does John walk
QuestIComp : IComp -> NP -> QCl ; -- where is John
Interrogative pronouns can be formed with interrogative
determiners, with or without a noun.
IdetCN : IDet -> CN -> IP ; -- which five songs
IdetIP : IDet -> IP ; -- which five
They can be modified with adverbs.
AdvIP : IP -> Adv -> IP ; -- who in Paris
Interrogative quantifiers have number forms and can take number modifiers.
IdetQuant : IQuant -> Num -> IDet ; -- which (five)
Interrogative adverbs can be formed prepositionally.
PrepIP : Prep -> IP -> IAdv ; -- with whom
They can be modified with other adverbs.
AdvIAdv : IAdv -> Adv -> IAdv ; -- where in Paris
Interrogative complements to copulas can be both adverbs and
pronouns.
CompIAdv : IAdv -> IComp ; -- where (is it)
CompIP : IP -> IComp ; -- who (is it)
More IP, IDet, and IAdv are defined in Structural.
Wh questions with two or more question words require a new, special category.
cat
QVP ; -- buy what where
fun
ComplSlashIP : VPSlash -> IP -> QVP ; -- buys what
AdvQVP : VP -> IAdv -> QVP ; -- lives where
AddAdvQVP : QVP -> IAdv -> QVP ; -- buys what where
QuestQVP : IP -> QVP -> QCl ; -- who buys what where
}