apertium-zab.zab.rlx

# Firstly, we need to define what tags should be considered sentence delimiters. For this example, only full stop is set as delimiter.
DELIMITERS = "<.>" ;

SUBREADINGS = LTR ; # Alternate, left-to-right (main reading on the left)

# We can define sets for common tag clusters
LIST Case = (n s) (n p) ; # A set that matches either a Noun Singular or a Noun Plural

# Parts of speech
# ===============
LIST N = n ;
LIST Pron = prn ;
LIST Prop = np ;

# Subcategories
# =============

LIST IV = iv ;
LIST TV = tv ;
LIST DTV = dtv ;

# Sets
# ====

SET NOMINAL = N | Prop | Pron ;



SECTION
# If there is a singular noun to the right, I cannot be a verb or noun.
REMOVE (n) OR (v) IF (1 (n s)) ;

# If there is a conjunction followed by a certain cohort of the same CASE as me, choose me.
SELECT $$Case IF (1 (cnjcoo) LINK 1C $$Case) ;

# Choose ditransitive if ambiguous and three consecutive nominals
SELECT DTV IF
	(0C TV OR DTV)
	(0/1 NOMINAL)
	(1 NOMINAL)
	(2 NOMINAL) ;

# Resources:
# http://visl.sdu.dk/cg3.html
# http://groups.google.com/group/constraint-grammar
# http://kevindonnelly.org.uk/2010/05/constraint-grammar-tutorial/
# https://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Constraint_Grammar
# https://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Apertium_and_Constraint_Grammar