On Fri, 28 May 1999 01:33:36 EDT, "From
Http://Members.Aol.Com/Lassailly/Tunuframe.Html" <Lassailly@...>
skribis:
>To sum up my post : tagging adjectives, adverbs, participles, etc. is =
(i) not=20
>necessary for human speech=20
Of course is not. But it's highly recommendable in an unambiguous
language.
>and (ii) not enough at all for translation=20
>programmes.
Of course not, again. Some syntax rules are needed as well.
>You may rather want to precise what word or clause refers to what former=
or=20
>latter word or clause, then what semes of each word or clause are =
combined.=20
>But deciding one word only works in a sentence as an "adjective" or an=20
>"adverb" or even a "noun" or a "verb" is just illusory : a word is=20
>"adjective" to a noun but may be "adverb" to the verb integrated into =
that=20
>noun ("good fisher") and reversely, etc.
That's what PoS marking and syntax rules are for in an unambiguous
language, to determine what word/phrase/clause affects which
word/phrase/clause, and how.
Saludos,
Marcos