Abstract

DIACONESCU, Ştefan. Natural Language Syntax Description using Generative Dependency Grammar. Polibits [online]. 2008, n.38, pp.5-18. ISSN 1870-9044.

The paper presents a practical solution to describe natural language syntax. This solution is based on a Generative Dependency Grammar (GDG). A theoretical definition of these grammars and some of their proprieties is given. GDG are implemented in a declarative computer language GRAALAN (Grammar Abstract Language). The paper shortly present the features of GRAALAN and, after that, a more detailed implementation of natural language syntax description is given. GRAALAN offers for natural language syntactic description some strong features that respond to the following requests: a compact description, the possibility to express the syntax and the agreement and to specify the errors met in a text. The description has also the feature of reversibility. The paper presents some conclusions concerning the using of GRAALAN to describe the syntax (among others natural language features).

Keywords : Dependency grammar; natural language syntax.

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