https://github.com/willem3141/navi-tslamyu

A parser for Na'vi
https://github.com/willem3141/navi-tslamyu

conlang na-vi

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A parser for Na'vi

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/willem3141/navi-tslamyu
• Owner: Willem3141
• License: mit
• Created: 2019-12-30T19:57:03.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-07-11T21:20:16.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-07T01:32:17.248Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: conlang, na-vi
• Language: Nearley
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• Size: 122 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
This is a (currently very incomplete!) parser for the Na'vi language.

It uses Reykunyu's API (at https://reykunyu.wimiso.nl) to parse individual words in the input sentence, and then uses a nearley grammar to parse these tokens into a parse tree.

## Usage

* Install [nearley](https://github.com/kach/nearley): `sudo npm install -g nearley`

* Compile the grammar: `nearleyc navi.ne -o navi.js`

* Parse a sentence: `node runParser.js ""` (or use it programmatically: `tslamyu.doParse(...)`)

## Supported grammar features

Only a very limited set of grammar features are supported at the moment:

* nouns

    * including conjugated nouns with **fì-/tsa-**, **-fkeyk** and similar affixes

    * subclauses attached to nouns by **a**

    * genitive attached to nouns

* pronouns

* intransitive verbs

    * subjective

* transitive verbs

    * agentive

    * patientive

    * intransitive usage of transitive verb

* copula verbs

    * with adjectives or nouns as the predicate

* modal verbs (to do: require **** in the dependent verb)

* **si** verbs

* adjectives

    * predicative usage

    * attributive usage

* adverbials

    * adverbs

    * dative

    * adpositions

* negation (**ke** / **rä'ä**)

Anything else is unsupported for now, including:

* adverbials

    * adpositions attached to a noun

    * vocatives

* topical

* numbers

* **f**-words

    * also **taluna**, **krra**, etc.

* interjections (**kaltxì**, **wiya**)

* **san** / **sìk**

* **fte** and **tsnì** phrases

* verb infixes

    * especially **** and **<äp>** don't change transitivity yet

Many of these can only be implemented after they are supported in navi-reykunyu first.