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#REDIRECT [[Grammar]]
 
 
== Basic symbols ==
 
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" align=center
|+Basic symbols used in UNL grammar rules
!Symbol
!Definition
!Example
|-
|align=center|<nowiki>^</nowiki>
|not
|^a = not a
|-
|align=center|{ | }
|or
|<nowiki>{a|b}</nowiki> = a or b
|-
|align=center|%
|index for nodes, attributes and values
|%x (see [[#Indexes|below]])
|-
|align=center|#
|index for sub-NLWs
|#01 (see [[#Indexes|below]])
|-
|align=center|=
|attribute-value assignment
|POS=NOU
|-
|align=center|!
|rule trigger
|!PLR
|-
|align=center|&
|merge operator
|%x&%y
|-
|align=center|?
|dictionary lookup operator
|?[a]
|-
|align=center|“ “
|string
|"went"
|-
|align=center|[ ]
|natural language entry (headword)
|[go]
|-
|align=center|[[ ]]
|UW
|[[to go(icl>to move)]]
|-
|align=center|( )
|node
|(a)
|-
|align=center|//
|regular expression
|/a{2,3}/ = aa,aaa
|}
 
== Basic Concepts ==
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
;The differences between "", [] and [[]]
:Double quotes are always used to represent strings: "a" will match only the string "a"
:Simple square brackets are always used to represent natural language entries (headwords) in the dictionary: [a] will match the node associated to the entry [a] retrieved from the dictionary, no matter its current realization, which may be affected by other rules (the original [a] may have been replaced, for instance, by "b", but will still be indexed to the entry [a])
:Double square brackets are always used to represent UWs: <nowiki>[[a]]</nowiki> will match the node associated to the UW <nowiki>[[a]]</nowiki>
 
;Predefined values (assigned by default)
:SCOPE - Scope
:SHEAD - Sentence head (the beginning of a sentence)
:STAIL - Sentence tail (the end of a sentence)
:CHEAD - Scope head (the beginning of a scope)
:CTAIL - Scope tail (the end of a scope)
:TEMP - Temporary entry (entry not found in the dictionary)
:DIGIT - Any sequence of digits (i.e.: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9)

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