Test cases.txt in Anoé

TO BE

The cow is. (I.e. it exists) A cow is an animal. (I.e. is a member of a class.) One animal is a cow. (I.e. an example from a class) The cow is black. (I.e. has a given attribute.) The cow is in the pasture. (I.e. is at the specified location.)

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

This horse is here. (at this place) That horse is there. (or over there, at a more distant place) The cow is somewhere else. (at an unspecified place) These horses are everywhere. (or "are scattered around" or some concept to that effect) Those men are far away. The women are gone.

PREPOSITIONS or other things somewhat like them

The cows are going out of the pasture. (The cows are leaving the pasture.) The cow is walking around the house. (Implying outside the house.) The woman is walking around the house. (Implying inside the house.) The man is going into the house. (The man is entering the house.) The woman is by the pasture. (near or adjacent to) The horse is walking by. (passing by, or walking past) The man is on the horse. (on top of, or upon) The cow is outside of the house. (out of, or not inside of) The horse is going to the pasture. (as toward a destination) The woman gives the grass to the cows. (as a recipient of something given) The grass is for the horse. (for the use or benefit of) The horse walked to the pasture for grass. (I.e. in order to get grass) The cow is walking with the horse. (accompanying) The man is looking at the cow. (toward, in the direction of) The cow jumps over the water. The horse walks through the water. The woman walks under the tree. The horse stands against the tree. The man stands between the horse and the cow. The woman walks before the horse. (in front of) The horse walks behind the man. The horse eats after the cow. (sequence in time) The cow eats before the horse. (sequence in time) The man walks up the hill. The cow walks down the hill. The man walks away. (I.e. away from the location of the speaker) The cow walks away from the man. The woman walks toward the horse. The man walks here. (I.e. The man approaches the speaker.) The horse stands to the right of the cow. The cow stands to the left of the horse. The horses are all together. The cows are to the north. The horses are walking northward. The water moves inward. (toward a point possibly from different directions) The water moves outward. (away from a point possibly in different directions)

TENSES, VOICES, PRONOUNS and so forth

I am leaving. (Describing an event currently happening.) I am leaving. (Describing an intended event about to happen.) I am leaving. (Showing immediacy or ugrgency.) Leave! (Imperative) Let's leave. (Suggesting or requesting action.)

I see the cows. You saw the horses. (You singular) He will see the man. She will see the house. He/she has seen the cows. (Gender neutral singular pronoun, if any) We will see it. I see myself in the water. He gave himself some food. Do not talk to yourself.

I was seen by the man. I built a house. (for someone else) I built a house. (for myself, if you nave a middle voice)

OTHER VERB MODIFICATIONS

You must see the man. (You plural) We must not see you. They may see the horses. (I.e. granting permission) She may not go near the horses. They can see the cows. (I.e. stating ability to do the action) The tree can not see anything. You should not talk to animals.

She made the women happy. (I.e. cause a change in state) The men made themselves unhappy.

ADVERBS or things that act like them

The man walks slowly. The horse walks quickly.

FOREIGN NAMES or words that don't fit your phonology or morphology

I saw John and Marsha. Julius Ceasar did not see Christopher Columbus.

ADJECTIVES and other ways to modify a noun

I saw the black cow. He saw the big black horse. We saw the man who has two cows. The woman on the horse saw us walk by.

QUESTIONS

Where are the horses? Where are the cows going? Is this a dog? Do you have horses? How many cows does he have? What kind of animal is that? What is that? Who has the biggest horse? Who's cow is this?

DEPENDANT, COINCIDENT AND CONTINGENT EVENTS

He saw the horse drink the water. (I.e. He saw this: The horse drank the water.) I will stand here until the old man comes back. (returns to this place) He talks while he walks. He is happy because his cows came back. He is sad that his horses went away. He likes talking with the woman. (I.e. He likes this: He talks to the woman.)

DISAMBIGUATION

John saw the man enter his house. ("his" meaning John's house) John saw the man enter his house. ("his" meaning the man's house)

POSSESION

The man's horse is not here. My cow is here. Your cow is in the pasture. (You singular) His horses are there. Her dogs are in the house. His/her house is far away. (Gender neutral pronoun if any) Our house is near. (I.e. near here) Your house is far away. (You plural) Their horses are not in the house.

COMPARISONS

The horse is as big as the cow. The cow is bigger than the man. This cow is the man's biggest animal. My dog is the smallest one. That dog is almost as big as a horse.

CORE VOCABULARY

The four seasons are summer, fall, winter, and spring. (or whatever applies on your planet)

OTHER KEY CONCEPTS - some questions to be addressed

What number base does your conlang use? What is your system of weights and measures? What is your system of time measurement, clocks and calandars? How is the color wheel divided up? What are the color names used by your language?

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Required Vocabulary

can (is able) may (is permitted) must should

to_be build drink eat give go have jump leave make(cause to happen) move see stand talk walk

here there everywhere somewhere left right north

this that these those all some

and not

anything

animal cow dog food grass hill horse house man pasture water woman

I you he she he/she it we you (pl) they

himself myself themselves yourself

big (bigger biggest) black far happy (unhappy) old small (smallest)