[lkb] Getting Parse results from LKB

[John Carroll]

>> This sounds indeed a lot more complex than what we need.  In fact,  
>> I'd be happy to "just" have a feature structure showing at least  
>> the functional relationships and syntactic dependencies.  This  
>> information must be used during the parsing process, and from  
>> Berthold's post I gather that some access to this information is  
>> possible.
>
> I should add that this is similar to my request on this list a few  
> weeks back. The ability to output feature structures, in any  
> format, to the standard output would be a welcome improvement of  
> LKB. This is particularly missing for the 'batch processing'  
> option. Running LKB from the command-line, reading a grammar and a  
> file of input sentences from the standard input and printing  
> structures to the standard output would be ideal for me.

Shuly,

Once the port to SBCL is stable you'll be able to run the LKB from  
the command line on x86 and PPC Macs. The only thing missing then  
would be the feature structure printing in batch parse mode.

John