Dependency parsing

Dependency-based approaches to syntactic analysis have gained ground across natural language processing in recent years. Kübler's volume offers a comprehensive guide to the techniques practitioners rely on most often today. It opens by explaining dependency grammar and the basics of dependency parsing, then gives a precise, formal definition of the problem a parser must solve.

The core of the book examines three families of parsing models in use now: transition-based, graph-based, and grammar-based. Later chapters address how parsers are assessed and how the competing approaches compare with one another. A closing section looks ahead to where the field is heading.

The text assumes readers already have grounding in linguistics and computer science, along with some familiarity with parsing methods built on constituency structures.