SCP: A Simple Chunk Parser
P. L. Brooks · 2003
Chunk parsing, also called shallow parsing or partial parsing, is a technique described by Steven Abney (1991). Intuitively, when one reads a sentence, one deciphers it a piece at a time. A chunk parser attempts to model human parsing by breaking the text up into small pieces, each parsed separately. Chunk boundaries correspond roughly to the pauses in everyday speech. Abney defines chunks in terms of major heads: