On Dec 8, 2003, at 1:33 AM, Jane Langley wrote: [..]
[..]I am interested in using Perl to generate proper English grammatical sentences from a set "list of words" and NOT from texts.
I think a part of the problem is sorting out what "proper english grammatical sentences" be about in the first place.
One of the reasons that we code in 'formal languages' is to AVOID all the unsightly angst of 'natural languages'.
The classic gag being
"over the fence the cow some hay throw"
which uses an 'english' lexicon, but a 'german' grammar. Most americans would reconstruct that sentance a la
throw the hay over the fence 'to' the cow.
as you will note from
<http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-perl-speak.html>
you will probably want to get yourself Parse::RecDescent as you start sorting this mess out.
ciao drieux
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