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Phrase structure rules

Phrase structure rules are a type of rewrite rule used to describe a given language's syntax and are closely associated with the early stages of transformational grammar, proposed by Noam Chomsky in 1957. They are used to break down a natural language sentence into its constituent parts, also known as syntactic categories, including both lexical…

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Phrase structure rules

Nodes39
Edges38
Triples20
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.051282
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related to Top down · 7
Phrase structure rules → An, Constituents, In, In Minimalism, Merge, The, This
related to Constituency vs. dependency · 5
Phrase structure rules → For, Phrase, The, Thus, What
related to Representational grammars · 4
Phrase structure rules → Colorless, Here, So, This
related to Definition and examples · 3
Phrase structure rules → English, Phrase, Some
is a · 1
Phrase structure rules → type of phrase structure grammar

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phrase structure rules sentence constituent grammar dependency syntactic constituency constituents grammars tree one generated rule parts contrast type also syntax

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Phrase structure rulesis atype of phrase structure grammar0.90text
Phrase structure rulesrelated to Constituency vs. dependencyPhrase0.60section
Phrase structure rulesrelated to Constituency vs. dependencyThus0.60section
Phrase structure rulesrelated to Constituency vs. dependencyWhat0.60section
Phrase structure rulesrelated to Constituency vs. dependencyThe0.60section
Phrase structure rulesrelated to Constituency vs. dependencyFor0.60section
Phrase structure rulesrelated to Definition and examplesPhrase0.60section
Phrase structure rulesrelated to Definition and examplesSome0.60section
Phrase structure rulesrelated to Definition and examplesEnglish0.60section
Phrase structure rulesrelated to Representational grammarsHere0.60section
Phrase structure rulesrelated to Representational grammarsThis0.60section
Phrase structure rulesrelated to Representational grammarsSo0.60section

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