Christopher Subich wrote: > beza1e1 wrote: > >> Well, a declarative sentence is essentially subject-predicate-object, >> while a question is predicate-subject-object. This is important in >> further processing. So perhaps i should code this order into the >> classes? I need to think a little bit more about this. > > A question is subject-predicate-object? > > That was unknown by me. > > Honestly, if you're trying a general English parser, good luck.
I second that. Have you read any of the natural language processing reasearch in this area? There are a variety of English parsers already available? Googling for "charniak parser" or "collins parser" should get you something. I believe Dan Bikel has one too. Those are trained on Wall Street Journal text. You might also look into Minipar, which is rule-based and not as WSJ specific. STeVe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
