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grammar for gossipy stories - for use with the CFG generator discussed here: http://wp.me/PfzbG-a4
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| Para -> It all started when S . ManyContinueS . ConclusionS | |
| ManyContinueS -> ContinueS . ManyContinueS | |
| ManyContinueS -> ContinueS . ManyContinueS | |
| ManyContinueS -> ContinueS . ManyContinueS | |
| ManyContinueS -> ContinueS . ManyContinueS | |
| ManyContinueS -> ContinueS . ManyContinueS | |
| ManyContinueS -> ContinueS . ManyContinueS | |
| ManyContinueS -> ContinueS . ManyContinueS | |
| ManyContinueS -> ContinueS | |
| S -> PersonPsg VPsg | |
| S -> PersonPpl VPpl | |
| ContinueS -> Cohesion PersonPsg VPsg | |
| ContinueS -> Cohesion PersonPpl VPpl | |
| ContinueS -> Cohesion PersonPsg VPsg | |
| ContinueS -> Cohesion PersonPpl VPpl | |
| ContinueS -> Cohesion PersonPsg VPsg , and S | |
| ContinueS -> Cohesion PersonPsg VPsg , and then S | |
| ContinueS -> Cohesion PersonPpl VPpl , and S | |
| ContinueS -> Cohesion PersonPpl VPpl , and then S | |
| ContinueS -> PastCohesion PersonPsg PastVPsg | |
| ContinueS -> PastCohesion PersonPpl PastVPpl | |
| ConclusionS -> The whole thing was EvalAdjP . | It was EvalAdjP . | I thought it was EvalAdjP . | From start to finish, it was EvalAdjP . | |
| EvalAdjP -> EvalAdv EvalAdj | both EvalAdj and EvalAdj | EvalAdj but not really EvalAdj | EvalAdj | EvalAdj | |
| EvalAdv -> really | pretty | extremely | awfully | more than | completely | simply | |
| EvalAdj -> surprising | amazing | awesome | stupid | unremarkable | bizarre | nauseating | |
| PersonPsg -> Person | |
| PersonPpl -> Person and Person | |
| PersonPpl -> Person and Person | |
| PersonPpl -> Person , Person and Person | |
| Person -> @mnames.txt # read from mnames.txt (not included) | |
| Person -> @fnames.txt # read from fnames.txt (not included) | |
| VPsg -> was there | |
| VPsg -> arrived | |
| VPsg -> was Part | |
| VPsg -> was Part | |
| VPsg -> was Part | |
| VPsg -> wasn't Part , but WAS Part | |
| VPsg -> was Part with PersonPsg | |
| VPsg -> was Part with PersonPsg | |
| VPsg -> was Part with PersonPpl | |
| VPsg -> was Part AdvP | |
| PastVPsg -> had been Part PastAdvP | |
| VPpl -> were there | |
| VPpl -> arrived | |
| VPpl -> were Part | |
| VPpl -> were Part | |
| VPpl -> were Part | |
| VPpl -> weren't Part but WERE Part | |
| VPpl -> were Part with PersonPsg | |
| VPpl -> were Part with PersonPsg | |
| VPpl -> were Part with PersonPpl | |
| VPpl -> were Part AdvP | |
| PastVPpl -> had been Part PastAdvP | |
| Part -> @verbs.txt # read from verbs.txt (not included) | |
| AdvP -> a little bit | vigorously | (more or less) | (secretly) | at the same time | (but I digress) | a lot | sort of | with reckless abandon | without telling anyone | quickly | , bit by bit | in spite of all that | twice | |
| PastAdvP -> the previous night | the day before | forever | as a matter of habit | but no one had said anything | for at least a few weeks | for a few seconds | in secret | |
| Cohesion -> According to Person , | I heard from Person that | Don't tell Person I said this, but | Person will deny it, but I'm sure that | Cohesion | Cohesion | Cohesion | |
| Cohesion -> PastCohesion | Meanwhile | Later, | Afterwards, | Before that, | |
| PastCohesion -> That's okay, because | Nevertheless, | Moreover, | Likewise, | Across town, | But don't worry. | Thankfully, | Never mind that, though. | But | And | So | Having heard about that, | Regardless, | You'd never guess, but | Anyway, | Not to be outdone, | Apparently, | Hilariously, | What's more, | Suddenly, | Which is funny because | Ironically, | That's why |
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