LINGUIST List 8.1003

Fri Jul 4 1997

FYI: Syntactic parser, Umea working papers

Editor for this issue: Ann Dizdar <annlinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Pasi Tapanainen, SYNTACTIC PARSER for English
2. Kirk Sullivan, Umea's 1997 working papers NOW available on the NET

 DEMO AVAILABLE

 A NEW SYNTACTIC PARSER FOR ENGLISH
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The parser can be tested at the URL
 http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/~tapanain/dg/
which also contains further documentation.

Some properties of the system:
 - It parses unrestricted text
 - It provides morphological and surface-syntactic analyses
 - It is fast and accurate
 - There are both character-based and graphical output formats,
 though the latter is not available in the WWW yet.
The grammar
 - is verb-centered dependency grammar
 - has explicit head-modifier relations with some 30 functional 
labels

Regards,

 Pasi Tapanainen / Timo Jurvinen / Atro Voutilainen
 Research Unit for Multilingual Language Technology
 Department of General Linguistics
 P.O. Box 4, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki
 Finland

 Pasi.Tapanainenling.helsinki.fi
 Timo.Jarvinenling.helsinki.fi
 Atro.Voutilainenling.helsinki.fi

Reports from the Department of Phonetics, Umea University, PHONUM 4 is
now available. This issue contains the proceedings of FONETIK-97, the
annual meeting of those working in the phonetic sciences in Sweden
held in Umea this May. All the papers are written in English!

The papers can be downloaded in postscript format from:
http://www.ling.umu.se/fon/fon97pro.html

PHONUM is distributed in printed format on the basis of mutual
exchange. If you wish you receive a copy either send us a copy of your
working papers or order a copy at 100 Swedish Kronor + postage costs.
To order a copy please contact:

 Phonetics
 Umea University
 S-901 87 UMEA
 SWEDEN
 Tel: +46 90 786 9546
 Fax: +46 90 786 6377
 E-mail: helenling.umu.se

Due to University rationalisation we are strictly enforcing the
principle of mutual exchange this year. IF you have sent us a copy of
your working papers during 1995, 1996 or 1997 your department will
automatically receive a copy.

To learn more about phonetics in Umea look at our homepage
http://www.ling.umu.se/fon/dept.html

Happy reading!

Kirk

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Kirk Sullivan e-mail: kirkling.umu.se
Linguistics/Phonetics tel: +46 90 786 9549
Umea University fax: +46 90 786 6377
SE-901 87 UMEA
Sweden
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NB On 1. July 1997 the university's phone number changed.
My new numbers are: Tel: +46 90 786 95 49
 Fax: +46 90 786 63 77
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