Question about converting SALT files to CHAT format

[Ying Lu]

*Dear Chibolts group,

I am trying to convert some SALT files and compare the MLU calculated by 
SALT with that by CLAN. I encounter some problems:

(a) I am using SALT 2012 Student Version. *

*The original SALT file is (I am using a short version sample here):*

$ Child, Examiner
+ Language: English
- 0:00

C There is a boy whose name is Tom.
C He likes swimming.

- 0:05

*But I got the following message when converting a SALT file into CHAT 
format using the command line "SALTIN Tran1.slt": *
> SALTIN Tran1.slt
saltin Tran1.slt
Sun Nov 04 18:39:34 2012
saltin (07-Sep-2012)
****************************************
>From file <Tran1.slt>
** ERROR: unknown symbol <> found on 1 line.
** ERROR: unknown symbol <c> found on 5 line.
** ERROR: unknown symbol <c> found on 7 line.
Output file <Tran1.sltin.cha>

*The output file looks like this:*

@Begin
@Languages:    eng
@Time Start:    00:00
@Time Start:    there is a boy whose name is tom .he likes swimming .00:05
@End

*I don't understand why the errors would occur.*

*(b) Also, the MLU calculated by SALT is often different from that 
calculated by CLAN. For example,*
C The dog was look/ing in the beehive and *at the mole. *(in SALT)*

*When I convert this to CHAT format, and use the MOR and MLU commands, it 
showed: *
*CHI:    The dog was [% ip] looking [% mv]
    in the beehive and 0at [% po] the mole [% u] .
%mor:    det|the v|dog^n|dog v:cop|be&PAST&13S^aux|be&PAST&13S
    adj:part|look-PROG^n:gerund|look-PROG^part|look-PROG
    prep|in^adv:loc|in^pfx|in det|the n|beehive coord|and 0prep|at
    det|the n|mole .

*The MLU by SALT is 11, but the Ratio of morphemes over utterances = 13 
(Number of: utterances = 1, morphemes = 13) by CLAN.*

Apparently, the MLU result by SALT is what I want. But how could I get the 
same result in CLAN?

Thank you very much for your attention! Look forward to your help!
Sincerely,
Ying Lu

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