HPSG Diagrams

[Vlado Keselj]

On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Ivan A. Sag wrote:

> I had the same reaction as Martin. Plus, are non-latex users aware that a
> latex feature structure could be drawn as simply as:
>
> \bfs
> \[PHON & love\\
>   SYN  & \[FEAT & val\\
>           FEAT & val\]\\
>   SEM & \[... \] \] \efs

I apologize for continuing the discussion, but I would just like to
ask if the macros used for the above LaTeX source are available
on-line.

Thank you,

Vlado

>
> (you could rename \bfs or \efs however you like)
>
> Rob Malouf's macros (and no doubt others) make trees with avms in them easy,
> too:
>
> \bt
> \br{S}
> {\br{NP}{\br{N}{\lf{Kim}}}
>  \br{VP}{\br{V}{\lf{walks}}}} \et
>
> \bt
> \br{S}
> {\br{\[CAT & NP\\
>        SEM & Kim'\]}{\br{N}{\lf{Kim}}}
>  \br{\[CAT & VP\\
>        SEM & walk'\]}{\br{V}{\lf{walks}}}} \et
>
> Once you've left pure WYSIWYG mode, do you really need something simpler than
> this? Or have I just lost my perspective on simplicity?
>
> Best,
> Ivan
>
> > On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, kaplan wrote:
> >
> > > is there any way of typing in a tree-description (e.g. something
> > > like a labeled bracketing) and having it pop out to a nicely drawn
> > > tree?
> >
> > There is one for LaTeX -- the standard, venerable, stable, virtually
> > bug-free, ubiquitous, easy to use, free, low-cost, multi-platform,
> > backwards compatible, no-nonsense, full-featured typesetting solution.
> >
> > - martin
> >
>