PRINCIPAR---An Efficient, Broad-coverage, Principle-based Parser

TL;DR

PRINCIPAR is an efficient, broad-coverage English parser implemented in C++ that uses a large automatically constructed lexicon for improved parsing capabilities.

Contribution

This paper introduces PRINCIPAR, a principle-based parser with a large automatically generated lexicon, enhancing parsing efficiency and coverage.

Findings

Runs efficiently on SUN Sparcstations

Contains over 90,000 lexicon entries

Achieves broad coverage in English parsing

Abstract

We present an efficient, broad-coverage, principle-based parser for English. The parser has been implemented in C++ and runs on SUN Sparcstations with X-windows. It contains a lexicon with over 90,000 entries, constructed automatically by applying a set of extraction and conversion rules to entries from machine readable dictionaries.