Parser menu overview

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Parser menu overview

There are various ways to start the selected parser, so there is not a specific "Start" command on the Parser menu.

Use these Parser menu commands:

To	Click	Priority
Start the currently selected parser and parse all the words in the word list	Parse all words or Reparse all words	Low
Reload grammar and lexical information used by the selected parser	Reload Grammar/Lexicon	(pauses parser)
Stop the parser	Stop Parser	-
Start and run the currently selected parser in a dialog box so that a word is parsed, with detailed steps the parser tried.	Try a Word	High
Start or run the currently selected parser to parse the words in the text that is currently displayed in Interlinear Texts	Parse Words in Text	Medium
To parse only the words in text that don't yet have approved analyses.	Parse Unapproved Words in Text	Medium
Start or run the currently selected parser to parse only the current word (Word List Concordance, Word Analyses or Bulk Edit Wordforms)	Parse Current Word	High
Clear current parser analyses and reset Parse result fields	Clear Current Word's Parser Analyses	-
To check the parsing status of a set of words, point to Run Tests, and then click one of these options:	On Current Text On Genre On All Texts Show Test Reports... See: Parser Test Reports. Updates Word Analyses	Medium
To choose a parser, point to Choose Parser, and then click:	Default Parser (XAmple) or Phonological Rule-based Parser (Hermit Crab)	-
Choose one of these parser modes:	Text Glossing Parser Development
Change parser parameters	Edit Parser Parameters	-

About Priority

Parsing is done on a priority basis. The parser will pause from working on lower-priority operations and give priority to any parse operation that has a higher priority. After the status bar displays Updating Grammar and Lexicon, it displays the number of words left to parse in each priority with a queue order of low/medium/high (example).

If you change grammar or lexical data used by the parser, you can use Reload Grammar/Lexicon to make the updated information available to the parser. The parser pauses, so you will need to click Reparse all words.

About Updates Word Analyses

The purpose of Run Tests is to be able to learn the current parsing status of a set of words, with the option to leave contents of the Word Analyses view unchanged. (The Analyze tab is another view of those same data.)

When this option is selected (), the Run Tests parse results are presented in the report table and are also recorded in the Word Analyses view, and as a consequence they also appear in the Analyze tab.

It is just as if you had run, for example, Parse Words in Text (or Parse all words, Reparse all words, Parse Unapproved Words in Text, and Parse Current Word, but not Try a Word). In this case, you might think of the Run Tests commands as similar to a bulk application of Try a Word, with the added effect that the contents of the Word Analyses view are also updated, which in turn affects what appears in the Analyze tab.

The default setting is that this option is selected ().

When this option is not selected, no changes are made to the contents of the Word Analyses view, so nothing changes in the Analyze tab. Only the report table appears. You might consider this as being similar to using the Try a Word tool but on a set of wordforms all at once.

Note

About Parser Modes provides information about the two modes.
About parser parameters provides information about the parameters.
If parsing takes an unusually long time, generate a grammar sketch and examine the Residue section for under-specified affix data. The more specific data you provide the parser, the faster it can parse.
The Try a Word feature provides the following:
- A way to see what analyses (if any) the parser will produce for an arbitrary word
- A way to see the steps the parser went through to produce an analysis
- A way for you to try and determine why the parser is not producing an expected analysis
- The Try a Word dialog box shows the status of that parse separately from the parser status displayed on the status bar.

You can make a rule available (Active) or unavailable to parsers.
See: Active field (Ad hoc Rules), Active field (Compound Rules), or Active field (Phonological Rules).
You can make an affix template table available (Active) or unavailable to parsers.
See: Active field (Affix Templates).

See Also: About the Novel Root Guesser and the MaxApps dialog box.