Sunday 15 March 2015

Automaton


Automaton


TANAKA Akio


1        [Conversation]
“Where is BOXROOT station?”  “Go straight along this street.”
2        [Analysis]
/where/        <question-answer>                              /place definition/-/here CLOCK TOWER/
   /is/           <presence+first person-presence+second person>       /are/
   /BOXROOT/   <definition+place name-specification+place position>     /place mapping/
   /station/        <definition+connection-specification+BOXROOT>      /BOXROOT station/-<specified>
  [Generation]
   /place definition/-/here CLOCK TOWER/    <definite place>
   /are/            <specified>            /you/+/CLOCK TOWER/
   /place mapping/                        /you/+<mapping BOXROOT>+/CLOCK TOWER/-<separated>
   /BOXROOT station/  <specified>         /you/+/BOXROOT station/+/CLOCK TOWER/-<separation+specification>
   /BOXROOT station/+/CLOCK TOWER/   /straight/
<separation+specification>               /go/
   /go/ /straight/+<mapping>                /go/ /straight/ /along/+/street/+/this/
   <generation>                         /you/ /go/ /straight/ /along/ /this/ /street/
   <answerable>                        /you/-<deletion>
   <sentence>                          “Go straight along this street.”
3        [Function for generation]
f (question)
f (answer)
f (definition)
f (presence)
f (name)
f (specification)
f (mapping)
f (separation)
f (deletion)
f (sentence)
4  [Frame]
   { where, I, you, am, are, go, straight, along, this, street, BOXROOT, station }
5        [Quantum succession]
/you/  +f(presence)
/go/   +f(mapping)
/street/ +f(mapping)
/this/  +f(mapping)
/straight/+f(presence)
/go/ /straight/+f(mapping)
/go/ /straight/ /along/ /this/ /street/+f(sentence)
“Go straight along this street.”



TOKYO March 11, 2005 
Sekinan Research Field of Language

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