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From: smryan@netcom.com (Player)
Subject: Syntax in the Lexicon???
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Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 13:56:02 GMT
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I'm thinking about trying to do a grammar where the syntax and
lexicon are the same. For example, you start with
	+V+independent

and you look for a lexical entry with these features. One case
might be
	+V+independent+active:
		[+N+agent] "give" [+N+dative]optional [+N+object]

and now you look up +N entries
	+N+common:
		[+Det] [+Adj]optional "boy" [+Prep]optional
	+N+common:
		[+Det] [+Adj]optional "circus" [+Prep]optional
	+N+common:
		[+Det] [+Adj]optional "rat" [+Prep]optional
	+N+proper:
		[+Adj] "Bozo" [+Prep]optional

with
	+Prep:
		"in" [+N+object]
	+Det+definite:
		"the"
	+Det+indefinite+singular:
		"a"
	+Det+indefinite+plural:
		""
	+Adj:
		"young"

So that you go
	+V+independent
	([+N+agent] "give" [+N+dative]optional [+N+object])
	(([+Det] "boy" [+Prep]) "gives" ([+Adj] "Bozo") ([+Det] "rat"))
	((("a") "boy" ("in" [+N+object]) "gives" (("young") "Bozo")
		(("the") "rat"))
	((("a") "boy" ("in" ([+Det] "circus"))) "gives"
		(("young") "Bozo") (("the") "rat")))
	((("a") "boy" ("in" (("the") "circus"))) "gives"
		(("young") "Bozo") (("the") "rat"))
	A boy in the circus gives young Bozo the rat.
simultaneously constructing the parse tree and filling in the lexical
entries. (Obviously this example is far from complete.)

What I was wonderring is if anybody has seen this done before and
do you have a reference if so? (And to be pedantic, please give me
the reference if you have it.)

		ta-ta
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