Default (XAmple) parser overview
The default (XAmple) parser is a computational tool that produces a morphological analysis for a given word form. You can choose it on the Parser menu.
Parsing words lists the required information that this parser uses to produce an analysis. Generally speaking, to produce a morphological analysis, the parser needs to do the following:
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Find the affixes and stem(s) in the given word.
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To do this, the parser needs to know forms (and glosses) of stems and affixes.
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Apply "constraints" to make sure the affixes can go with the rest of the word (stem and other affixes):
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Which affixes can go with which stems.
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The relative order of the affixes.
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When a particular shape of a form is legitimate or when it is not.
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This parser uses an item and arrangement approach. The phonological rule-based parser uses an item and process approach.
Important
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Using this computational parser, or the phonological rule-based parser, contrasts with manually analyzing or manually glossing the words in a text.
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It also contrasts with FieldWorks program-proposed analyses that are based on a previous user analysis that was manually done for an identically spelled word. These different analyses initially appear with different background colors.