Benoit Crabbe and Denys Duchier

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Niveau: Supérieur, Doctorat, Bac+8
Metagrammar Redux Benoit Crabbe and Denys Duchier LORIA, Nancy, France Abstract. In this paper we introduce a general framework for describing the lexicon of a lexicalised grammar by means of elementary descriptive fragments. The system described hereafter consists of two main com- ponents: a control device aimed at controlling how fragments are to be combined in order to describe meaningful lexical descriptions and a com- position system aimed at resolving how elementary descriptions are to be combined. 1 Introduction This paper is concerned with the design of large-scale grammars for natural lan- guage. It presents an alternative to the classical languages used for grammatical representation such as patrii. The need for a new language is motivated by the development of strongly lexicalised grammars based on tree structures rather than feature structures, and by the observation that, for tree based formalisms, lexical management with lexical rules raises non trivial practical issues [1]. In this paper we revisit a framework – the metagrammar – designed in partic- ular for the lexical representation of tree based syntactic systems. It is organised around two central ideas: (1) a core grammar is described by elementary tree fragments and (2) these fragments are combined by means of a control language to produce an expanded grammar. Throughout the paper, we illustrate the fea- tures of the framework using Tree Adjoining Grammar (TAG) [2] as a target formalism.

• lexical rules


• such principles


• syntactic systems


• abstract syntax


• tree adjoining


• transitive verb such


• language syntax


• strongly lexicalised

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• Crabbe
• Abstract syntax

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• Publié par: profil-zyak-2012
• Nombre de lectures: 68
• Langue: English

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MetagrammarRedux BenoitCrabbe´andDenysDuchier LORIA,Nancy,France Abstract. Inthispaperweintroduceageneralframeworkfordescribing thelexiconofalexicalisedgrammarbymeansofelementarydescriptive fragments.Thesystemdescribedhereafterconsistsoftwomaincom- ponents:acontroldeviceaimedatcontrollinghowfragmentsaretobe combinedinordertodescribemeaningfullexicaldescriptionsandacom- positionsystemaimedatresolvinghowelementarydescriptionsareto becombined. 1Introduction Thispaperisconcernedwiththedesignoflarge-scalegrammarsfornaturallan- guage.Itpresentsanalternativetotheclassicallanguagesusedforgrammatical representationsuchas patrii . Theneedforanewlanguageismotivatedbythedevelopmentofstrongly lexicalisedgrammarsbasedontreestructuresratherthanfeaturestructures, andbytheobservationthat,fortreebasedformalisms,lexicalmanagementwith lexicalrulesraisesnontrivialpracticalissues[1]. Inthispaperwerevisitaframework–themetagrammar–designedinpartic- ularforthelexicalrepresentationoftreebasedsyntacticsystems.Itisorganised aroundtwocentralideas:(1)a core grammarisdescribedbyelementarytree fragmentsand(2)thesefragmentsarecombinedbymeansofacontrollanguage toproducean expanded grammar.Throughoutthepaper,weillustratethefea- turesoftheframeworkusingTreeAdjoiningGrammar( TAG )[2]asatarget formalism. Thepaperisstructuredasfollows.First(Section2)weintroducethekey ideasunderlyinggrammaticalrepresentationtakingpatriiasanillustration. Wethenprovidethemotivationsunderlyingthedesignofourgrammaticalrep- resentationframework.Thecoremetagrammaticalintuition:lexicalrepresenta- tionbymanipulatingfragmentsmadeoftreedescriptions isprovidedin(Section 3).Themotivationsconcerningthesetupofanappropriatetreerepresenta- tionlanguageareprovidedinSection4.Thefragmentmanipulationlanguage isthendevelopedinsection5.Andfinally,thecomputationaltreatmentofour descriptionlanguageisdetailedinSection6. 2Lexicalorganisation Inthissectionweintroducetheissueandthemainideasconcerninglexicalor- ganisationoftreebasedsyntacticsystems.Webeginbyinvestigatingthecore