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mallex: generate a Malaga run-time lexicon
NAME
mallex - generate a Malaga run-time lexicon
SYNOPSIS
mallex [-binary|-readable|-prelex] project-filemallex [-binary|-readable|-prelex] symbol-file rule-file [lexicon-file] [prelex-file]
DESCRIPTION
Malaga is a development environment for natural-language grammars based on the Left-Associative Grammar formalism. Malaga grammars can be used for automatic morphological and/or syntactic analysis.The program mallex generates a Malaga run-time lexicon by letting allomorph rules process a base-form lexicon. It can be started in interactive mode to help find bugs in the base-form lexicon or in the allomorph rules.
mallex uses the following grammar components:
- symbol-file
- The symbol-file has the suffix .sym and contains the symbols that are used in the lexicon and/or the allomorph rules.
- rule-file
- The rule-file has the suffix .all and contains the allomorph rules used to create the runtime-lexicon.
- lexicon-file
- The lexicon-file has the suffix .lex and contains the base-form lexicon entries that are used as input for the allomorph rules.
- prelex-file (optional)
- The prelex-file has the suffix .prelex and contains precompiled allomorph entries, which have been created by a former run of mallex with the option -prelex.
You can give the names of the grammar components as command line arguments, in any order. Alternatively, you can describe these components in a project-file and use the name of the project file as mallex' single command-line argument. A project file has the suffix .pro.
If no command line options are given, mallex runs in interactive mode, and you can enter commands. The lexicon-file and prelex-file are not used in interactive mode. If you are not sure about the name of a command, use the command help to get an overview of all mallex commands.
If you want to quit mallex, enter the command quit.
See info Malaga for details.
OPTIONS
- -b[inary]
- Create the run time lexicon file from the base form lexicon file and the optional prelex file, and save it as a binary run-time lexicon, which can be used by malaga.
- -h[elp]
- Print a help text about mallex' command line arguments and exit.
- -p[relex]
- Create the run time lexicon, and save it as a binary prelex-file, which can be read in later by another mallex run. output stream.
- -r[eadable]
- Create the run time lexicon but don't save it, but print its entries in human-readable form on the standard output stream.
- -v[ersion]
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Print mallex' version number and exit.