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From text to speech: The MITalk system
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VERB (INF TR) (PL TR) = infinitive form of verb
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VERB (SING TR) (PL TR) = past tense verb
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AD] = adjective
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ADV (VMOD TR) (ADJIMOD TR) =
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adverb which can modify either an adjective or a verb
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ADV (ADJMOD TR) = adverb which can modify an adjective
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PREP = preposition
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CONIJ = conjunction
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INTG = integer
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INTG (NUM SING) = one
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INTG (DEF FL) = integer which requires a (e.g. thousand)
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VERBING = present participle
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VERBEN = past participle
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TO=to
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SCONIJ = sentential conjunction (e.g. whether)
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CONTR = contraction (e.g. ’re)
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INTERJ = interjection (e.g. oh)
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4.4.2 Special parts of speech
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There are three internal parts of speech for punctuation. One is assigned to the
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single punctuation mark COMMA. The other two include a number of punctua-
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tion marks. Punctuation which is internal to a sentence [: ; () ’ and "] is assigned
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the part of speech IPM (internal punctuation mark). Punctuation which can be
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sentence-final is termed EPM (end punctuation mark).
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Some words in the lexicon are recognized as having special syntactic or
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prosodic features. The syntactic features and the distinctions among the various
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types of determiners follow from the grammar.
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First, consider the adverbs with property (MEAS TR). This indicates that
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these words can occur in such constructions as nearly a hundred ladders. The
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property (DETMOD TR) marks adverbs which can modify determiners such as
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almost any space. (NEGADV TR) designates an adverb which can appear with
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an indefinite article and a count noun as in hardly a salesperson. The property
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(NOT TR) on not and never signals certain prosodic effects.
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