Hi,
We would like to remind all of you to consider parsing the new set of ParGram sentences. Even if you cannot come to the Spring ParGram meeting, it would still be great if you could continue to support ParGram and ParGramBank by submitting your parses.
The submission procedure is easy:
- translate the sentences to your language; - gloss them and put them in a LaTeX file (use the attached Debrecen handout as a guideline; use the Leipzig Glossing Rules); - parse them; - (opt. disambiguate them); - save the c- and f-structures to eps files; - send the eps files as well as the LaTeX file to me.
The plan is to add the sentences to ParGramBank (accessible on INESS: http://iness.uib.no/iness/main-page) after the meeting, i.e. after we have ensured parallelism.
Miriam also provided the following notes on the sentences:
---------------------------------- "Also note that the sentences cover three things:
1) Negation -- this was decided on at the last meeting in Debrecen and Gyuri has kindly provided the sentences.
2) Possession --- this is something Jani is interested in and he provided the sentences.
3) The first four sentences of "The Gruffalo". A must read for anybody above 2 years of age.
For categories 1 and 2 -- let us know if you have trouble translating them into your language. One of the issues with ParGramBank is that we need to have sentences that are comparable and there are some tough issues about what it means to be comparable (also discussed at the last meeting in Debrecen). We presumably cannot always ensure full comparability, but we can try to make sure that we aren't introducing silly extras that make things non-parallel and that could have been avoided." ----------------------------------
I'm sure that ParGramBank has the potential to grow and provide enough potential for a lot of further research into cross-linguistic treebanking (see, for example, the email by Lori Levin the other day).
Best, Jani