A constraint on the Perfect Time Span. Adverbials restrict which PTS intervals are admissible.
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@cite{iatridou-anagnostopoulou-izvorski-2001} adverbial type classification.
durative: specifies the left boundary (e.g., "since Monday")inclusive: does not specify the left boundary (e.g., "before Monday")
- durative : AdverbialType
- inclusive : AdverbialType
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"ever since t₀": PTS must start at t₀. E.g., "has been running since Monday" → PTS.start = Monday.
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- Semantics.Montague.Sentence.TemporalAdverbials.everSince t₀ pts = (pts.start = t₀)
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"for (duration) from tStart": PTS must start at tStart. Simplified duration adverbial — the duration is implicit in the interval length [tStart, RB].
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- Semantics.Montague.Sentence.TemporalAdverbials.forDurationFrom tStart pts = (pts.start = tStart)
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"always" / no temporal adverbial: no constraint on PTS.
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"before t" (inclusive adverbial): no constraint on PTS start. The adverbial constrains the event location, not the PTS boundary.
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Convert a PTS constraint to a domain of compatible LB values, given that the right boundary is fixed at tc.
For a constraint C, the compatible LBs are those tLB ≤ tc such that C holds of the interval [tLB, tc].
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Perfect with adverbial constraint: PERF_ADV(p, adv). Combines PERF with an adverbial constraint on the PTS. Equivalent to PERF_XN with the adverbial's derived LB domain.
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- Semantics.Montague.Sentence.TemporalAdverbials.PERF_ADV p adv s = ∃ (pts : Core.Time.Interval Time), Semantics.Tense.Aspect.Core.RB pts s.time ∧ adv pts ∧ p s.world pts
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Does this adverbial type specify the left boundary? Durative adverbials pin the LB; inclusive adverbials leave it free.
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PERF_ADV is equivalent to PERF_XN with the adverbial's derived LB domain.
Proof sketch: Both existentially quantify over a PTS with RB = tc. PERF_ADV requires adv(PTS); PERF_XN requires LB(tLB, PTS) with tLB ∈ toLBDomain(adv, tc). These are equivalent by definition of toLBDomain: tLB ∈ toLBDomain ↔ tLB ≤ tc ∧ adv([tLB, tc]).
"ever since t₀" specifies the LB domain to exactly {t₀} (assuming t₀ ≤ tc).
Proof sketch: toLBDomain(everSince t₀, tc) = {tLB | tLB ≤ tc ∧ tLB = t₀} = {t₀} when t₀ ≤ tc.
"before" imposes no LB constraint: all tLB ≤ tc are compatible.
Proof sketch: toLBDomain(before, tc) = {tLB | tLB ≤ tc ∧ True} = {tLB | tLB ≤ tc}.
Durative adverbials (specified LB) license U-perf → simple present.
When the LB is pinned (durative adverbial), the U-perf reading
entails the simple present via u_perf_entails_simple_present.
Inclusive adverbials (unspecified LB) yield U-perf ↔ simple present when the LB domain is maximal.
With no LB constraint, the domain is {tLB | tLB ≤ tc}. Under IMPF
(subinterval property), this is close to Set.univ for the relevant
range, so U-perf ↔ simple present by broad_focus_equiv's argument.