Laurel Fais
An English Analysis Grammar
in a Unification-based Framework
Abstract:An extension of a basic English analysis grammar in a unification framework is reported on
here. Structures analyzed include adjectival and adverbial modification including negation;
request structures incorporating "please;" sentences with the dummy subject "there;"
sentences and noun phrase in conjunctive structures; and sentences containing introductory
fragments (e.g., "well, then"). Changes and additions made to the system are given along
with illustrative example analyses. Further adjustments necessary to the efficient
integration of system components are discussed and indications of future directions are
made. Appendices contain sample analyses of the initial system and analyses for all the
utterances of the first conversation in the conference corpus.