A process-activation based parsing algorithm for the development of Natural Language Grammars

  • Authors:
  • Massimo Marino

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

  • Venue:
  • COLING '88 Proceedings of the 12th conference on Computational linguistics - Volume 1
  • Year:
  • 1988

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Abstract

A running system, named SAIL, for the development of Natural Language Grammars is described. Stress is put on the particular grammar rule model adopted, named Complex Grammar Units, and on the parsing algorithm that runs rules written in according to this model. Moreover, the parser is like a processor and sees grammar rules as processes which can be activated or inactivated, and can handle exchange of information, structured as messages, among rules for long distance analysis. A brief description of the framework of SAIL a user can interact with, named SIS, is also given. Finally, an example shows that different grammar formalisms can be implemented into the frame of SAIL.