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Abstract syntax trees are represented as strings in the web API. To make them
easier to manipulate in JavaScript, the new function converts them to JSON.
To support structural editing, the nodes are numbered in the same way as in
the bracketed string created when linearizing an abstract syntax tree.
Example: "Pred (That Fish) Fresh" is converted to
{fun:"Pred",fid:3,
children:[{fun:"That",fid:1,
children:[{fun:"Fish",fid:0}]},
{fun:"Fresh",fid:2}]}
DESCRIPTION
The Grammatical Framework (=GF) is a grammar formalism based on type theory.
It consists of
* a special-purpose programming language
* a compiler of the language
* a generic grammar processor
The compiler reads GF grammars from user-provided files, and the
generic grammar processor performs various tasks with the grammars:
* generation
* parsing
* translation
* type checking
* computation
* paraphrasing
* random generation
* syntax editing
GF particularly addresses four aspects of grammars:
* multilinguality (parallel grammars for different languages)
* semantics (semantic conditions of well-formedness, semantic
properties of expressions)
* grammar engineering (modularity, abstractions, libraries)
* embeddability in programs written in other languages (C,C++,
Haskell, Java, JavaScript)
COMPILATION and INSTALLATION of source distribution:
See doc/gf-developers.html for installation instructions.