Re: [eclipse-clp-users] tabular logic programming

From: Mark Wallace <mark.wallace_at_infotech.monash.edu.au>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:33:48 +1000
Benedict Kavanagh wrote:
> In particular if wanted to write a left 
> recursive DCG grammar could I get eclipse to suspend identical recursive 
> calls and feed them with results as they come in as can be done with 
> OLDT resolution in systems like XSB, B-Prolog, and YapTab (extension to 
> Yap)
Hi Ben,
CHR's are good for chart parsing, which provides a natural way to deal 
with left-recursive grammars...
Here's a toy example I wrote years ago in ECLiPSe.
    Cheers
        Mark

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%	Chart Parser

constraints s/3, vp/6, np/5, det/4, n/5, v/6, word/3, done/2.

option(check_guard_bindings,off).

bus([],End,End).
bus([Word|Tail],N,End) :- M is N+1,
	word(Word,N,M), bus(Tail,M,End).

word(the,H,T) <=> det(the,_,H,T).
word(a,H,T) <=> det(a,sing,H,T).

word(crook,H,T) <=> 
	n(crook1,sing,physobj,H,T), n(crook2,sing,anim,H,T).
word(servant,H,T) <=> n(servant,sing,anim,H,T).

word(beckons,H,T) <=> v(beckon,sing,anim,anim,H,T).
word(loves,H,T) <=> v(love,sing,anim,_,H,T).

det(Det,Num1,Start,Mid),n(Noun,Num2,Type,Mid,End) ==>
	test_eq(Num1,Num2,Num3) |  np((Det,Noun),Num3,Type,Start,End).

v(Verb,Num,Type,OType1,Start,Mid),np(Obj,_Num2,OType2,Mid,End) ==>
	test_eq(OType1,OType2,_) | vp(Verb,Obj,Num,Type,Start,End).

np(Subj,Num1,Type1,Start,Mid), vp(Verb,Obj,Num2,Type2,Mid,End) ==>
	test_eq(Type1,Type2,_), test_eq(Num1,Num2,_) | s(apply(Verb,Subj,Obj),Start,End).

done(Start,End) \ s(Meaning,Start,End) <=> writeln(Meaning).

chart_parse(Input) :-
	bus(Input,0,End), done(0,End). 
	
mytest2 :-
	chart_parse([the,crook,beckons,the,servant]).
mytest3 :- 
	chart_parse([the,servant,loves,the ,crook]).

test_eq(X,Y,Z) :- not X\=Y, (nonvar(X)-> Z=X ; Z=Y).


ECRC Common Logic Programming System [sepia kegi_xview opium megalog parallel]
Version 3.5.1, Copyright ECRC GmbH, Mon Mar  6 17:43 1995
[eclipse 1]: lib(chr).
yes.
[eclipse 2]: chr(bup_grammar).
yes.

[eclipse 9]: chart_parse([the,pier,beckons,the,servant]).
apply(beckon, (the, pier2), (the, servant))


Constraints:
(2) det(the, _g626, 0, 1)
(4) n(pier1, sing, physobj, 1, 2)
(5) np((the, pier1), sing, physobj, 0, 2)
(6) n(pier2, sing, anim, 1, 2)
(7) np((the, pier2), sing, anim, 0, 2)
(9) v(beckon, sing, anim, anim, 2, 3)
(11) det(the, _g2170, 3, 4)
(13) n(servant, sing, anim, 4, 5)
(14) np((the, servant), sing, anim, 3, 5)
(15) vp(beckon, (the, servant), sing, anim, 2, 5)
(17) done(0, 5)

yes.
[eclipse 10]: chart_parse([the,servant,loves,the ,pier]).
apply(love, (the, servant), (the, pier2))
apply(love, (the, servant), (the, pier1))


Constraints:
(2) det(the, _g626, 0, 1)
(4) n(servant, sing, anim, 1, 2)
(5) np((the, servant), sing, anim, 0, 2)
(7) v(love, sing, anim, _g1444, 2, 3)
(9) det(the, _g1706, 3, 4)
(11) n(pier1, sing, physobj, 4, 5)
(12) np((the, pier1), sing, physobj, 3, 5)
(13) vp(love, (the, pier1), sing, anim, 2, 5)
(15) n(pier2, sing, anim, 4, 5)
(16) np((the, pier2), sing, anim, 3, 5)
(17) vp(love, (the, pier2), sing, anim, 2, 5)
(19) done(0, 5)

yes.
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