DELIMITERS = "<.>" "<!>" "<?>" "<...>" "<¶>" ;
SOFT-DELIMITERS = "<,>" ;

SETS

LIST BOS = (>>>) ;
LIST EOS = (<<<) ;

LIST A = adj ;
LIST Adv = adv ;
LIST Pron = prn ; 
LIST N = n ; 
LIST V = v ;
LIST Det = det ; 
LIST CC = cnjcoo ;
LIST CS = cnjsub ;
LIST Interj = ij ;
LIST Num = num ; 
LIST Post = post ; 
LIST Postadv = postadv ; 
LIST Cm = cm ; 
LIST Pred = pred ;

LIST Interr = itg ;

# Semantic lists 

LIST MOVEMENT-V = "йөгер" ; 

LIST MOVEMENT-ADV = "тиз" "акрын" "әкрен" ; 

# All possible word categories

SET WORD = N | V | A | Post | Postadv | Pron | Det | Adv | CC | CS | Interj | Num | ("\?") ;

SET PRE-N =  A | Det | Postadv | Num | (n gen) | (prn gen) | CC ; 

SET MARK =  Cm | ("\\") | ("\;") ;

SET WORDMARK = WORD | MARK ;

SET N-MOD = A | Det | Num | (n gen) | (prn gen) ;

SET ADJ-MOD = Postadv | Adv ;

SET NPMARK = N-MOD | ADJ-MOD ;

# Categories which cannot be part of a noun phrase 

SET NPNH = WORDMARK - PRE-N ;
SET NPNHA = WORDMARK - PRE-N - Adv ;
SET NOT-ADV = WORDMARK - Adv ;


# Barriers 

SET S-BOUNDARY = CS | Interr | EOS; 

SECTION

SELECT Adv IF (0 MOVEMENT-ADV) (0 A OR Adv) (1* MOVEMENT-V BARRIER S-BOUNDARY);
SELECT A IF (0 A OR Adv) (1* N BARRIER NPNHA); 
SELECT Det IF (-1C A) (1 N); 
    ## Әхмәт тиз генә иске зур бер агачка йөгерә.
    ## Әхмәт акрын гына иске зур бер агачка йөгерә.

SELECT Det IF (0 V OR Det OR Pred OR N) (1* NPMARK BARRIER N) ;
    ## пример : Бар<det> җирдән карый, әмма Әхмәтне таба алмый.
    ## Акча бармы? Бар<pred>.
    ## Акча бармы? Бар<pred>, ләкин бик аз!