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Re: the RM saga
just a short reply on a matter of accuracy.
> There's at least one PP in there that can't be attached at the top
> (or even second) level: 'of the hall'. My point was that I don't
> see the use of changing:
>
> I kicked
> the printer /* (I kicked) the printer */
> on the desk /* (I kicked) on the desk */
> in the office /* (I kicked) in the office */
> at the end /* ??(I kicked) at the end */
> of the hall /* ??(I kicked) of the hall */
Any NP postmodification by PPs requires a second level and I think
we all acknowledge that is needed (or what's reattachment for?)
so the rep below is indeed what I meant by 'flat list'.
> to:
>
> I kicked
> the printer /* (I kicked) the printer */
> on the desk /* (the printer) on the desk */
> in the office /* (the printer) in the office */
> at the end /* ??(the printer) at the end */
> of the hall /* ??(the printer) of the hall */
Interpreting the flat list rigorously--?(the printer) of the hall--
is I agree incorrect. But just as reattachment allows one to fix
the basic parse tree, so some subsequent process (I believe someone
in the project has a 'scoper') might correct an order-preserved list
of PP modifiers.
In a nutshell, do we fix only those errors in decomposed trees that
accord with DIPETT's grammar or do we fix all errors?
> But PPs modifying each other to indefinite depth is allowed by DIPETT.
If I heard Sylvain say this I'd take it as gospel.
> Well, I already use clause tokens in CLRA (if they're available). And
> I can definitely envision showing the user PP tokens. Tokens within
> the NP proper (without np_postmodifiers) are redundant to me, since
> I'm already stripping out each individual word (typically:
> intensifiers, determinatives, attributes, noun_modifiers and head).
Then you'll probably be interested in code that provides you with a
nice token list, subject and all, from */4 clauses. It should be a
byproduct of reattachment.
( why don't we use each other's code more? )
--
Terry Copeck (terry@csi.uottawa.ca)
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