zenlish_grammar.rb in zenlish-0.1.11

- old
+ new

@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@
 builder = Rley::Syntax::GrammarBuilder.new do
   add_terminals(*$ZenlishLexicon.terminals)
 
   rule 'language' => 'sentence'
   rule 'sentence' => 'simple_sentence Period'
-  rule 'sentence' => 'complex_sentence Period'  
+  rule 'sentence' => 'complex_sentence Period'
   rule 'simple_sentence' => 'declarative_simple_sentence'
   rule 'complex_sentence' => 'main_clause subordination_marker dependent_clause'
+  rule 'complex_sentence' => 'main_clause Comma subordination_marker dependent_clause'
   rule 'complex_sentence' => 'subordination_marker dependent_clause Comma main_clause'
   rule 'complex_sentence' => 'subordination_marker dependent_clause Comma LinkingAdverb main_clause'
   rule 'subordination_marker' => 'SubordinatingConjunction'
   rule 'subordination_marker' => 'SubordinatingConjunction PrepositionOf'
   rule 'declarative_simple_sentence' => 'affirmative_sentence'
@@ -29,18 +30,20 @@
   rule 'affirmative_sentence' => 'DemonstrativePronoun IrregularVerbBe verb_be_complement'
   rule 'affirmative_sentence' => 'conjunctive_prefix IrregularVerbBe verb_be_complement'
   rule 'negative_sentence' => 'noun_phrase negative_verb_phrase'
   rule 'negative_sentence' => 'AdverbThere negative_verb_phrase'
   rule 'negative_sentence' => 'numeral_of negative_verb_phrase'
+  rule 'negative_sentence' => 'DemonstrativePronoun IrregularVerbBe AdverbNot verb_be_complement'
   rule 'negative_sentence' => 'conjunctive_prefix negative_verb_phrase'
   rule 'conjunctive_prefix' => 'ConjunctivePronoun noun_phrase verb_phrase'
   rule 'noun_phrase' => 'simple_noun_phrase'
   rule 'noun_phrase' => 'compound_noun_phrase'
   rule 'simple_noun_phrase' => 'nominal'
   rule 'simple_noun_phrase' => 'determiner nominal'
   rule 'simple_noun_phrase' => 'numeral nominal'
   rule 'simple_noun_phrase' => 'determiner numeral nominal'
+  rule 'simple_noun_phrase' => 'simple_noun_phrase noun_phrase verb_phrase'
 
   # Case: (all|many|some) one of (this|these)
   rule 'simple_noun_phrase' => 'subset_of noun_phrase'
 
   # CGE p.359, 360: <numeral> of + definite noun phrase
@@ -64,31 +67,39 @@
   rule 'single_determiner' => 'DefiniteArticle'
   rule 'single_determiner' => 'IndefiniteQuantifier'
   rule 'verb_phrase' => 'verb_group'
   rule 'verb_phrase' => 'verb_group verb_complement'
   rule 'verb_phrase' => 'RegularVerb propositional_phrase'
+  rule 'verb_phrase' => 'RegularVerbWant Preposition verb_group'
+  rule 'verb_phrase' => 'RegularVerbWant Preposition verb_group noun_phrase'
   rule 'verb_phrase' => 'IrregularVerbDo DemonstrativePronoun'
+  rule 'verb_phrase' => 'ModalVerbCan verb_group DemonstrativePronoun'
   rule 'verb_phrase' => 'IrregularVerbBe verb_be_complement'
   rule 'verb_phrase' => 'IrregularVerbSay Colon Quote affirmative_sentence Period Quote'
   rule 'verb_complement' => 'noun_phrase'
+  rule 'verb_complement' => 'noun_phrase IrregularVerbBe verb_be_complement'
   rule 'verb_complement' => 'adverb_phrase'
   rule 'verb_complement' => 'noun_phrase adverb_phrase'
   rule 'verb_be_complement' => 'noun_phrase'
   rule 'verb_be_complement' => 'adjective_as_complement'  # Specific to be as lexical verb
   rule 'verb_be_complement' => 'propositional_phrase'
   rule 'adjective_as_complement' => 'DegreeAdverb Adjective'
   rule 'adjective_as_complement' => 'Adjective'
   rule 'adjective_as_complement' => 'Adjective comparative_clause'
   rule 'negative_verb_phrase' => 'IrregularVerbBe AdverbNot verb_be_complement'
   rule 'negative_verb_phrase' => 'AuxiliaryDo AdverbNot verb_phrase'
+  # rule 'negative_verb_phrase' => 'ModalVerbCan AdverbNot verb_phrase'
+  rule 'negative_verb_phrase' => 'ModalVerbCan AdverbNot verb_group DemonstrativePronoun'
   rule 'verb_group' => 'lexical_verb'
   rule 'verb_group' => 'AuxiliaryBe lexical_verb'
+  rule 'verb_group' => 'ModalVerbCan lexical_verb'
   rule 'lexical_verb' => 'RegularVerb'
+  rule 'lexical_verb' => 'RegularVerbWant'
   rule 'lexical_verb' => 'IrregularVerb'
   rule 'lexical_verb' => 'IrregularVerbBe'
-  rule 'lexical_verb' => 'IrregularVerbDo'  
-  rule 'lexical_verb' => 'IrregularVerbHave'  
+  rule 'lexical_verb' => 'IrregularVerbDo'
+  rule 'lexical_verb' => 'IrregularVerbHave'
   rule 'lexical_verb' => 'IrregularVerbSay'
   rule 'numeral' => 'Cardinal'
   rule 'comparative_clause' => 'comparative_start noun_phrase'
   rule 'comparative_clause' => 'comparative_start affirmative_sentence'
   rule 'comparative_clause' => 'comparative_start DefiniteArticle Adjective Cardinal'
@@ -98,10 +109,10 @@
   rule 'adverb_phrase' => 'Adverb propositional_phrase'
   rule 'propositional_phrase' => 'preposition propositional_complement'
   rule 'propositional_phrase' => 'preposition'
   rule 'propositional_complement' => 'noun_phrase'
   rule 'preposition' => 'Preposition'
-  rule 'preposition' => 'PrepositionOf'  
+  rule 'preposition' => 'PrepositionOf'
 end
 
 
 # CGE p. 354 The order of determiners: quantifier > article or demonstrative
 # or possessive > numeral > head