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	In the UNLarium framework, the grammatical category of number may assume the following values:		In the UNLarium framework, the grammatical category of number may assume the following values:

	NUM		* NUM
			** singular (SNG): one of a class
	~~<nowiki>~~*~~</nowiki>~~singular (SNG): one of a class		** singulare tantum (SNGT): used only in singular
			** plural (PLR): more than one of a class
	~~<nowiki>~~**~~</nowiki>~~singulare tantum (SNGT): used only in singular		*** dual (DUA): two of a class
			*** trial (TRI): three of a class
	~~<nowiki>~~*~~</nowiki>~~plural (PLR): more than one of a class		*** quadrual (QDR): four of a class
			*** paucal (PAU): few of a class
	~~<nowiki>~~**~~</nowiki>~~dual (DUA): two of a class		*** multal (MUL): many of a class
			*** plurale tantum (PLRT): used only in plural
	~~<nowiki>~~**~~</nowiki>~~trial (TRI): three of a class		** Invariant (INV): a single form used both in singular and plural

	~~<nowiki>~~**~~</nowiki>~~quadrual (QDR): four of a class

	~~<nowiki>~~**~~</nowiki>~~paucal (PAU): few of a class

	~~<nowiki>~~**~~</nowiki>~~multal (MUL): many of a class

	~~<nowiki>~~**~~</nowiki>~~plurale tantum (PLRT): used only in plural

	~~<nowiki>~~*~~</nowiki>invariant~~ (INV): a single form used both in singular and plural


	;The plural (PLR) subsumes more specific number values and must be used when there is no particular information on the quantity of the reference.<br>		;The plural (PLR) subsumes more specific number values and must be used when there is no particular information on the quantity of the reference.<br>
	:books = PLR		:books = PLR

Ronaldotmartins: /* Natural Language */

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	In the UNLarium framework, the grammatical category of number may assume the following values:		In the UNLarium framework, the grammatical category of number may assume the following values:

	~~{{#tree:id=tagset\|openlevels=0\|root=Number (~~NUM)\|		NUM
	*singular (SNG): one of a class
	**singulare tantum (SNGT): used only in singular		<nowiki>*</nowiki>singular (SNG): one of a class
	*plural (PLR): more than one of a class
	**dual (DUA): two of a class		<nowiki>**</nowiki>singulare tantum (SNGT): used only in singular
	**trial (TRI): three of a class
	**quadrual (QDR): four of a class		<nowiki>*</nowiki>plural (PLR): more than one of a class
	**paucal (PAU): few of a class
	**multal (MUL): many of a class		<nowiki>**</nowiki>dual (DUA): two of a class
	**plurale tantum (PLRT): used only in plural
	*invariant (INV): a single form used both in singular and plural		<nowiki>**</nowiki>trial (TRI): three of a class
	}}
			<nowiki>**</nowiki>quadrual (QDR): four of a class

			<nowiki>**</nowiki>paucal (PAU): few of a class

			<nowiki>**</nowiki>multal (MUL): many of a class

			<nowiki>**</nowiki>plurale tantum (PLRT): used only in plural

			<nowiki>*</nowiki>invariant (INV): a single form used both in singular and plural

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	~~What about~~ "~~sheep~~"~~? Is it~~ INV? [[~~User:Vzakharov~~\|~~Vzakharov~~]] ~~14:13, 23 August 2012 (CEST)~~		'''Number''' is a category that typically corresponds to the actual quantity of the referents of a given noun.

			== Natural Language ==
			In natural languages, number may be realised by grammatical affixes (such as "s" for plural, in English) or by quantifiers (such as "a couple of", "many", etc).<br>
			In the UNLarium framework, the grammatical category of number may assume the following values:

			{{#tree:id=tagset\|openlevels=0\|root=Number (NUM)\|
			*singular (SNG): one of a class
			**singulare tantum (SNGT): used only in singular
			*plural (PLR): more than one of a class
			**dual (DUA): two of a class
			**trial (TRI): three of a class
			**quadrual (QDR): four of a class
			**paucal (PAU): few of a class
			**multal (MUL): many of a class
			**plurale tantum (PLRT): used only in plural
			*invariant (INV): a single form used both in singular and plural
			}}


			;The plural (PLR) subsumes more specific number values and must be used when there is no particular information on the quantity of the reference.<br>
			:books = PLR
			:pants = PLR
			:glasses = PLR

			=== Examples ===

			*singular (SNG): book, city, kiss
			*singulare tantum (SNGT): furniture
			*plural (PLR): books, cities, kisses
			*plurale tantum (PLRT): clothes, measles
			*invariant (INV): series, species

			== UNL ==
			In UNL, number is represented by [[quantifier\|quantifying attributes]].

imported>Vzakharov at 12:13, 23 August 2012

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	~~'''Number''' is a category that typically corresponds to the actual quantity of the referents of a given noun.~~		What about "sheep"? Is it INV? [[User:Vzakharov\|Vzakharov]] 14:13, 23 August 2012 (CEST)

	~~== Natural Language ==~~
	~~In natural languages, number may be realised by grammatical affixes (such as~~ "s" ~~for plural, in English) or by quantifiers (such as "a couple of", "many", etc).<br>~~
	~~In the UNLarium framework, the grammatical category of number may assume the following values:~~

	~~{{#tree~~:~~id=tagset~~\|~~openlevels=0\|root=Number (NUM)\|~~
	*singular (SNG): ~~one of a class~~
	**singulare tantum (SNGT): used only in singular
	*plural (PLR): more than one of a class
	**dual (DUA): two of a class
	**trial (TRI): three of a class
	**quadrual (QDR): four of a class
	**paucal (PAU): few of a class
	**multal (MUL): many of a class
	**plurale tantum (PLRT): used only in plural
	*invariant (INV): a single form used both in singular and plural
	}}


	~~;The plural (PLR) subsumes more specific number values and must be used when there is no particular information on the quantity of the reference.<br>~~
	~~:books = PLR~~
	~~:pants = PLR~~
	~~:glasses = PLR~~

	~~=== Examples ===~~

	*singular (SNG): book, ~~city, kiss~~
	*singulare tantum (~~SNGT~~)~~: furniture~~
	*plural (PLR): books, cities, kisses
	*plurale tantum (PLRT): clothes, measles
	*invariant (INV): series, species

	~~== UNL ==~~
	~~In UNL, number is represented by [[quantifier\|quantifying attributes]].~~

imported>Martins at 18:10, 23 June 2010

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	== UNL ==		== UNL ==
	In UNL, number is represented [[quantifier\|quantifying attributes]].		In UNL, number is represented by [[quantifier\|quantifying attributes]].

imported>Martins at 18:10, 23 June 2010

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	== UNL ==		== UNL ==
	In UNL, number is represented by attributes~~, if marked. The number attribute values are the following:~~		In UNL, number is represented [[quantifier\|quantifying attributes]].

	~~{{#tree:id=number\|openlevels=0\|root=Number\|~~
	*@singular (default)
	*@pl (plural)
	**@dual
	**@trial
	**@quadrual
	**@paucal
	**@multal
	}}


	~~;@singular is the default number value and may be omitted:~~
	~~:book = book (or book.@singular)~~
	~~;number, when lexicalized, should be omitted as well:~~
	~~:two glasses (=drinking vessel) = glasses.@pl~~
	~~:a pair of glasses (=spectacles) = glasses (and not glasses.@pl)~~

	~~=== Examples ===~~

	*@singular
	**book = book or book.@singular
	*@pl
	**books = book.@pl
	**children = child.@pl
	**livres = livre.@pl
	*@paucal
	**a few books = book.@paucal
	**some books = book.@paucal
	*@multal
	**many books = book.@multal
	**several books = book.~~@multal~~

imported>Martins at 09:31, 8 May 2010

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	== UNL ==		== UNL ==
	In UNL, number is ~~to be~~ represented by attributes, if marked. The number attribute values are the following:		In UNL, number is represented by attributes, if marked. The number attribute values are the following:

	{{#tree:id=number\|openlevels=0\|root=Number\|		{{#tree:id=number\|openlevels=0\|root=Number\|

imported>Admin at 16:26, 15 January 2010

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	;The plural (PLR) subsumes more specific number values and ~~should~~ be used when there is no particular information on the quantity of the reference.<br>		;The plural (PLR) subsumes more specific number values and must be used when there is no particular information on the quantity of the reference.<br>
	:books = PLR		:books = PLR
	:pants = PLR		:pants = PLR

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	;~~Plural~~		;The plural (PLR) subsumes more specific number values and should be used when there is no particular information on the quantity of the reference.<br>
	:The plural (PLR) subsumes more specific number values and should be used when there is no particular information on the quantity of the reference.<br>		:books = PLR
	::books = PLR		:pants = PLR
	::pants = PLR		:glasses = PLR
	::glasses = PLR

	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===

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	;The plural (PLR) subsumes more specific number values and should be used when there is no particular information on the quantity of the reference.<br>		;Plural
	:books = PLR		:The plural (PLR) subsumes more specific number values and should be used when there is no particular information on the quantity of the reference.<br>
	:pants = PLR		::books = PLR
	:glasses = PLR		::pants = PLR
			::glasses = PLR

	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===