parserd

What is parserd
===============

	parserd is a set of Perl scripts to setup a server of
	parsers. Web CGI clients are available, providing graphical
	display of shared forests.
	A script called callparser is also provided to run sentences
	using the server of parsers.

	parserd is a component of ALPAGE Linguistic Processing Chain
	for French. Please check <http://alpage.inria.fr/alpc.en.html>
	for more information.

Contents
========

	parser.pl	  a CGI script to test parsers
	help.html	  help file for parser.pl
	callparser	  perl script to run parsers
	parserd.conf	  configuration file to register parsers
	easy2html.xsl	  convert easy xml to easy html
	register_parsers  perl script to register parsers in parserd.conf


Copyright and license
=====================

        copyright INRIA 2002-2010
	GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)


Installation
============

	See the INSTALL file for the compilation and installation procedure.


Documentation
=============

	The documentation below is incomplete. Please check Alpage
	Linguistic Processing Chain for more information:
	<http://alpage.inria.fr/docs/alpchain-doc.pdf>

	NOTE: We assume you have installed the full linguistic processing
	chain provided by Alpage project team. If you have not
	installed the chain, the following instructions will be
	useless...

	1. Starting the server of parsers

	Just type:
	parserd_setenv start	# to start parserd
	parserd_setenv stop	# to stop it
	parserd_setenv status	# check if parserd is running


	2. Using callparser

	Once the chain is installed, you can run callparser to parse
	sentences.

	Examples:

echo "il mange une pomme." | callparser -in - -port <number> -d dep
cat sentences.txt | callparser -in - -port <number> -d dep

	For a more complete documentation about callparser, please
	type

perldoc callparser

	at a command prompt


	3. Using the web interface

	You can call the parsers through a web page. Check the demo at
	<http://alpage.inria.fr/parserdemo>

	The installation of the web interface is described in the
	INSTALL file under section "How to install the web interface".

	The CGI script used to call the parsers is parser.pl. You can
	access it by opening a web browser and going to:

	<http://localhost/perl/parser.pl>

	Of course the server of parsers must be running in order to work...


	4. parserd home page:
	   <http://alpage.inria.fr/catalogue.en.html#parserd>


Availability
============

        The latest release may be downloaded from:

ftp://ftp.inria.fr/INRIA/Projects/Atoll/Eric.Clergerie/TAG/

	The sources can be downloaded from the Subversion repository:

svn checkout svn://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/lingwb/parserd/trunk parserd


Author
======

	Send your bug reports and suggestions by E-mail to
        Eric de la Clergerie <Eric.De_La_Clergerie@inria.fr>