Implementing a Definite Clause Grammar for Parsing Surface Syntax

Abstract

With this report we aim to serve several ends: We acquaint interested readers with some simple techniques for processing natural language (English) sentences. We present basic ideas and document our implementation of a software environment for building parsers that use these techniques. We illustrate the use of the implementation by recounting the development of an elementary (or naive) parser in the form of a definite clause grammar. We discuss choices we have made and some of the issues considered in making these choices. We also mention some of the possible extensions to the grammar. Keywords: Computational linguistics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA205268

Entities

People

  • Jason H. Elbaum
  • John O. Gurney Jr.
  • Kimberly C. Claffy

Organizations

  • Harry Diamond Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Classification
  • Cognition
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Environment
  • Formal Languages
  • Grammars
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Natural Languages
  • Notation
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Symbols
  • Terminals

Readers

  • Computational Linguistics
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.