Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxi!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!ecn-ec:davy
From: ecn-ec:davy@pur-ee.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.ai
Subject: WANTED: Simple English Grammar - (nf)
Message-ID: <1173@ecn-ec.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Oct-83 18:39:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: ecn-ec.1173
Posted: Mon Oct  3 18:39:00 1983
Date-Received: Tue, 4-Oct-83 03:12:06 EDT
Lines: 31

#N:ecn-ec:17500001:000:937
ecn-ec!davy    Oct  3 08:59:00 1983


Hello,

	I am looking for a SIMPLE set of grammar rules for English.  To
be specific, I'm looking for something of the form:

		SENT = NP + VP ...
		  NP = DET + ADJ + N ...
		  VP = ADV + V + DOBJ ...

		      etc.

I would prefer a short set of rules, something on the order of one or two
hundred lines.  I realize that this isn't enough to cover the whole English
language, I don't want it to.  I just want something which could handle
"simple" sentences, such as "The cat chased the mouse", etc.  I would like
to have rules for questions included, so that something like "What does a
hen weigh?" can be covered.

	I've scoured our libraries here, and have only found one book with
a grammar for English in it, and it's much more complex than what I want.
Any pointers to books/magazines or grammars themselves would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks in advance (as the saying goes)
--Dave Curry
decvax!pur-ee!davy
eevax.davy@purdue