Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ukma!aash
From: aash@ms.uky.edu (aash)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: English parsing of sentences
Message-ID: <12033@s.ms.uky.edu>
Date: 1 Jul 89 19:52:44 GMT
References: <341*rdlanctot@instr.okanagan.bc.ca>
Reply-To: aash@ms.uky.edu (aash)
Organization: U of Kentucky, Mathematical Sciences
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In article <341*rdlanctot@instr.okanagan.bc.ca> rdlanctot@instr.okanagan.bc.ca (Ryan Lanctot) writes:
>Could someone explain how games like the Infocom adventures parse their
>input to make sure it makes sense? Also, where would I look for further
>info on this? (ie Grammar books, etc?) Thanks in advance.

A friend of mine just graduated with a Linguistics
degree, and in the process of learning Pascal, she
wrote a sentense generator, which was easy to turn
backwards into a parser.  You can send a note to this
account if you want more information.

aash


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