Bokmål Norwegian Grammar Checker

This file contains two parts: Definitions and rules

Definition section

Delimiters

DELIMITERS = “<.>” “<!>” “<?>” “<…>” “<¶>”;

Grammatical tags

Here we declare all grammatical tags

Sets for Morphosyntactic properties

LIST Nom = Nom ;
LIST Acc = Acc ;
LIST RCmpnd = RCmpnd ;
LIST Ord = Ord ;
LIST IV = IV ;
LIST TV = TV ;
LIST Prt = Prt;
LIST Prs = Prs ;
LIST Ind = Ind ;
LIST Imp = Imp Imprt ;
LIST Sg3 = Sg3 ;
LIST Pl3 = Pl3 ;
LIST Inf = Inf ;
LIST PrfPrc = PrfPrc ;
LIST PrsPrc = PrsPrc ;

Syntactic tags

LIST @+FAUXV = @+FAUXV ;
LIST @+FMAINV = @+FMAINV ;
LIST @-FAUXV = @-FAUXV ;
LIST @-FMAINV = @-FMAINV ;
LIST @-FSUBJ> = @-FSUBJ> ;
LIST @-F<OBJ = @-F<OBJ ;
LIST @-FOBJ> = @-FOBJ> ;
LIST @SPRED<OBJ = @SPRED<OBJ ;
LIST @-FADVL = @-FADVL ;
SET FOBJ = @-F<OBJ OR @-FOBJ> ;
SET FAUXV = @-FAUXV OR @+FAUXV ;
LIST ADVL = Adv Pr ;
LIST @ADVL = @ADVL @ADVL> @ADVL< @<ADVL @>ADVL @-F<ADVL ;
LIST @>ADVL = @>ADVL ;
LIST @ADVL< = @ADVL< ;
LIST @<ADVL = @<ADVL ;
LIST @ADVL> = @ADVL> ;
LIST @ADVL>CS = @ADVL>CS ;
LIST @>N = @>N ;
LIST @N< = @N< ;
LIST @>A = @>A ;
LIST @P< = @P< ;
LIST @>P = @>P ;
LIST @HNOUN = @HNOUN ;
LIST @INTERJ = @INTERJ ;
LIST @>Num = @>Num;
LIST @Pron< = @Pron< ;
LIST @>Pron = @>Pron ;
LIST @Num< = @Num< ;
LIST @OBJ = @OBJ ;
LIST @<OBJ = @<OBJ ;
LIST @OBJ> = @OBJ> ;
LIST @OPRED = @OPRED ;
LIST @<OPRED = @<OPRED ;
LIST @OPRED> = @OPRED> ;
LIST @PCLE = @PCLE ;
LIST @COMP-CS< = @COMP-CS< ;
LIST @SPRED = @SPRED ;
LIST @<SPRED = @<SPRED ;
LIST @SPRED> = @SPRED> ;
LIST @SUBJ = @SUBJ ;
LIST @<SUBJ = @<SUBJ ;
LIST @SUBJ> = @SUBJ> ;
SET SUBJ = @<SUBJ OR @SUBJ> OR @SUBJ ;
SET SPRED = @<SPRED OR @SPRED> OR @SPRED ;
SET OPRED = @<OPRED OR @OPRED> OR @OPRED ;
LIST @PPRED = @PPRED ;
LIST @APP = @APP ;
LIST @APP-N< = @APP-N< ;
LIST @APP-Pron< = @APP-Pron< ;
LIST @APP>Pron = @APP>Pron ;
LIST @APP-Num< = @APP-Num< ;
LIST @APP-ADVL< = @APP-ADVL< ;
LIST @VOC = @VOC ;
LIST @CVP = @CVP ;
LIST @CNP = @CNP ;
SET OBJ = (@<OBJ) OR (@OBJ>) OR (@OBJ) OR (@-F<OBJ) OR (@-FOBJ>) ;
LIST <OBJ = @-F<OBJ @<OBJ ;
LIST OBJ> = @OBJ> @-FOBJ> ;
SET <OBJ-OTHERS = <OBJ ;
SET OBJ>-OTHERS = OBJ> ;
SET SYN-V = V + SUBJ OR OBJ + V OR @ADVL + V OR (V @N<) OR (V @A<) OR V + SPRED OR (V @COMP-CS<) ;
LIST @X = @X ;

Initials

INITIAL = small letters, *CAP-INITIAL** = capital letters

Sets

LIST hj-V = “være” “ville” “skulle” “måtte” “kunne” “ha” “få” “burde” “bli” ;
LIST hj-hvd-V = “være” “ha” “få” “bli” ;
LIST hj-tv-V = “ha” “få” ;
LIST hj-V-iv = (“bli” Inf) (“bli” PrfPrc) (“ha” Inf) (“ha” PrfPrc) (“være” Inf) (“være” PrfPrc) (“få” Inf) (“få” PrfPrc) (“skulle” Inf) (“skulle” PrfPrc) (“kunne” Inf) (“kunne” PrfPrc) (“ville” Inf) (“ville” PrfPrc) (“måtte” Inf) (“måtte” PrfPrc) (“burde” Inf) (“burde” PrfPrc) ;

Sets of tags

Word or not

LIST WORD = N A Adv V Pron CS CC Po Pr Interj Pcle Num ABBR ACR ? ;
SET REALWORD = WORD - Num - Ord ;
SET REALWORD-NOTABBR = WORD - Num - Ord - ABBR ;
SET WORD-NOTDE = WORD - (“de”) ;

Noun sets

Verb sets

SET NOT-VERB = WORD - V ;
SET V-IND-FIN = Prs OR Prt ;
SET V-MOOD = Ind OR Imp ;
SET VFIN = V-MOOD ;
LIST QUASIAUX = “akte” “anbefale” “begynne” “behøve” “bli” “forsøke” “fortsette” “forvente” “gidde” “glemme” “huske” “klare” “like” “lære” “nekte” “orke” “prøve” “risikere” “slippe” “slutte” “synes” “søke” “tenke” “trenge” “tørre” “unngå” “velge” “vurdere” “være” “ønske” ;
SET VFIN-NOT-IMP = Ind ;
SET VFIN-NOT-AUX = Ind - AUX ;
SET NOT-PRFPRC = WORD - PrfPrc ;
LIST VERBFORM = Inf PrfPrc PrsPrc Prs Prt Imp ;
LIST INDFORM = Prs Prt Imp ;, FINFORM kanskje betre namn…

Pronoun sets

LIST DEM-SG = (Pron Dem Sg Nom);
LIST DEM-PL = (Pron Dem Pl Nom);
SET NOT-DEM = WORD - Dem ;
LIST SGPRON = (Pron Sg1) (Pron Sg2) (Pron Sg3) (Pron Sg) ;
LIST PLPRON = (Pron Pl1) (Pron Pl2) (Pron Pl3) (Pron Pl) ;
LIST QUANT-PRON = “mange” ;, This set is for choosing between Adv and Pron Indef.

Numeral sets

Adjectival sets and their complements

SET NOT-A = WORD - A ;
SET NOT-A-COMMA = WORD - A - COMMA ;
SET NOT-A-PCLE = WORD - A - Pcle ;
SET NOT-A-ADV = WORD - A - Adv ;

Adverbial sets and their complements

SET LEX-ADV = Adv - (A*) ;
SET NOT-ADV-DE = WORD - Adv ;
SET NOT-ADV = NOT-ADV-DE OR CLB ;
SET NOT-ADV-N = NOT-ADV - N;
SET NOT-ADV-PCLE = NOT-ADV - Pcle ;
SET NOT-ADV-INDEF = NOT-ADV - Indef ;
SET NOT-ADV-PCLE-ILL = WORD - Adv - Pcle ;
SET NOT-ADV-PCLE-Refl = WORD - Adv - Pcle - Refl ;
SET NOT-ADV-PCLE-INDEF = WORD - Adv - Pcle - Indef ;
SET NOT-ADVL-PCLE-NEG = WORD - @ADVL - @P< - Pcle ;

Introduce finite clauses.

LIST TIME-ADVL = “da” “før” ;
LIST TIME-ADV = (Adv Sem/Time) ;

Coordinators

SET CRD = @CNP OR COMMA OR (“/”) OR (“-“) ; AFTER LCRD vs. GCRD disambiguation
LIST GRADE-ADV = “helt” “svært” “litt” ;

Sets of elements with common syntactic behaviour

Sets for verbs

LIST NOT-REAL-V = PrsPrc ;
SET REAL-V = V - NOT-REAL-V ;
V is all readings with a V tag in them, REAL-V should be the ones without an N tag following the V.
The REAL-V set thus awaits a fix to the preprocess V … N bug.
SET MAIN-V = V - FAUXV ;

All active verbs with a TV tag, including V:

LIST V-TRANS = (V TV) ;

NP sets defined according to their morphosyntactic features

LIST N-SG-NOM = (N Sg Nom);
SET HEAD-N = N - RCmpnd ;
SET SUBJECTHEAD = N OR A OR Pron - Refl ; These, can be subject heads
SET NP = N OR A ; anything that can take except numerals
SET NP-HEAD = Pron OR HEAD-N ;
SET NP-HEAD-SG = SGPRON OR (N Sg) OR (A Sg) - RCmpnd - Dem ;
SET NP-HEAD-PL = PLPRON OR (N Pl) OR (A Pl) - RCmpnd - Dem ;
SET NP-HEAD-SG-NOM = SGPRON + Nom OR (N Sg) OR (A Sg) - RCmpnd ;
SET NP-HEAD-PL-NOM = PLPRON + Nom OR (N Pl) OR (A Pl) - RCmpnd ;
SET NP-HEAD-NOM = NP-HEAD-SG-NOM OR NP-HEAD-PL-NOM ;
SET NP-HEAD-ACC = (Pron Acc) OR N OR A - RCmpnd ;
The PRE-NP-HEAD family of sets

These sets model noun phrases (NPs). The idea is to first define whatever can occur in front of the head of the NP, and thereafter negate that with the expression WORD - premodifiers.

SET PRE-NP-HEAD = (Prop Attr) OR A OR ABBR OR Num OR RCmpnd OR CC OR (Pron Dem) OR Det OR (Pron Ref) OR PrsPrc ;

The strict version of items that can only be premodifiers, not parts of the predicate

SET PRE-NP-V = PrfPrc OR PrsPrc OR (V A) OR (Ind Prs) ;

to be used together with PRE-NP-HEAD before @>N is disambiguated

SET NP-MEMBER = PRE-NP-HEAD OR N ;
SET PRE-A-N = (Pron Pers Acc) OR (Pron Indef) OR Num OR (A Ord) OR (Pron Dem) OR (Pron Refl) ; Acc pga av manglende disambiguering tidlig i fila
SET NOT-PRE-A-N = WORD - PRE-A-N ;
LIST PUNCT-LEFT = (PUNCT LEFT) ;
LIST PUNCT-RIGHT = (PUNCT RIGHT) ;
SET PRE-APP = COMMA OR PUNCT-LEFT OR PRE-NP-HEAD ; This set ist not only for what can stand in front of appositions but also postmodifiers.

The set NOT-NPMOD is used to find barriers between NPs. Typical usage: … (*1 N BARRIER NOT-NPMOD) … meaning: Scan to the first noun, ignoring anything that can be part of the noun phrase of that noun (i.e., “scan to the next NP head”)

SET NOT-NPMOD = WORD - PRE-NP-HEAD ;
SET NOT-NPMOD-ACC = NOT-NPMOD - Acc OR ABBR ;
SET NOT-NPMOD-ACC-ADV = NOT-NPMOD - Acc - Adv OR ABBR ;
SET NOT-NPMODADV = WORD - PRE-NP-HEAD - Adv ;
NOT-NPMODADV = “NOT-PRE-NP-HEAD-OR-ADV”
SET NOT-NPMODADV-INDEF = WORD - PRE-NP-HEAD - Adv - Indef ;
NOT-NPMODADVI = “ …-OR-INDEF”
SET NOT-NPMODCC = WORD - PRE-NP-HEAD - COMMA - @CNP ;
SET NAPP = WORD - PRE-APP ;

Miscellaneous sets

SET NOT-NUM = WORD - Num ;
SET CARDINALS = Num - Ord ;
SET NOT-CC = WORD - CC ;
SET NOT-PCLE = WORD - Pcle ;
LIST CONTRA = “men” ; In lean muitalan, muhto dál muitalan.
LIST PROSEANTA = “prosent” “%” ;
SET REAL-CLB = CLB - COMMA ;
SET NOT-INITIAL-CC = WORD - INITIAL - CC ;

Border sets and their complements

SET CP = (Pron Interr) OR (Pron Rel) ;
LIST BOUNDARYSYMBOLS = “;” “:” “-“ “–” ;
SET S-BOUNDARY = CP OR BOUNDARYSYMBOLS OR @CVP ;
SET BOC = S-BOUNDARY OR BOS ;
SET BOC-PUNCT = BOC - (“-“) - (“–”) ;
SET EOC = S-BOUNDARY OR EOS ;
SET NP-BOUNDARY = BOS OR EOS OR REAL-CLB OR VFIN OR Inf OR Recipr OR Pr OR Pcle OR Interj OR CS OR CP OR @CVP ;
SET APP-BOUNDARY = REAL-CLB OR VFIN OR Inf OR Recipr OR Pr OR Pcle OR Interj OR CS OR CP OR PrfPrc - @>N ; A special barrier used with mapping of appositions.
SET SV-BOUNDARY = S-BOUNDARY OR Inf - FAUXV OR FMAINV ;
SET SVF-BOUNDARY = S-BOUNDARY OR VFIN ; This set is ment to use in rules for disambiguating due to verbs or verbsets. Here we search for either an S-BOUNDARY or a finite verb, either aux or main.
SET CCCOMMA = CC OR COMMA ;

Syntactic sets

SET NON-APP = ALLSYNTAG - (@APP);

These were the set types.

Grammarchecker sets

The tag syntax is as follows:
**ruletype - object - is_now - should_be
Example: &msyn-agr-adjmsc-adjneu is a morphosyntactic agreement rule where a Msc adjective should be Neu

There are 20 or so different rule tags, see the rule section below.

For ADDRELATION rules (perhaps not in use)

TEMPLATE nextWordCrossSent = (-1 (*)); = Adding mark to word that find the reference word to the left
TEMPLATE previousWordCrossSent = (1 (*)); = and vice versa

Rule section

Speller rules

Speller suggestions rule – add &SUGGESTWF to any spelling suggestion that we actually want to suggest to the user.

Speller rule: Add typo to misspelled words The simplest is to just add it to all spelled words:

Speller rule: Do not mark misspelled words in quotes But perhaps you want to only suggest spellings of words that are not inside “quotes”:

NP internal agreement rules

Ensure preceding adjective agrees with noun

Agreement rule: masculine adjectives should be neuter (msyn-agr-adjmsc-adjneu). Context: Et fin/fint hus.

Agreement rule: Singular adjectives should be plural (msyn-agr-adjsg-adjpl). Context: mange organisert/organiserte fritidsaktiviteter.

Agreement rule: Neuter adjectives shoul be masculine (msyn-agr-adjneu-adjmsc). Context: En fint/fin båt.

Agreement rule: Masculine definite determiners should be neuter (msyn-agr-detmsc-detneu). Context: den/det huset.

Agreement rule: Masculine indefinite determiners should be neuter (msyn-agr-detmsc-detneu). Context: en/et land.

Agreement rule: Neuter definite determiners should be feminine (msyn-agr-detneu-detfem). Context: det/den boka.

Agreement rule: Neuter indefinite determiners should be feminine (msyn-agr-detneu-detfem). Context: et/ei bok.

Agreement rule: Neuter indefinite determiners should be feminine (msyn-agr-detneu-detfem). Context: et/ei realitetens kvinne.

Agreement rule: Neuter indefinite determiners should be masculine (msyn-agr-detneu-detmsc). Context: et/en studie.

Agreement rule: Neuter adjectives should be masculine (msyn-agr-detneu-detmsc). Context: et/en … båt.

Agreement rule: same rule but for Pron

Definiteness rule: Double definiteness. Context: disse grunner/grunnene

Definiteness rule: Double definiteness. Context: de sosiale aspekter/aspektene The rule gave too many false alarms, we skip it.

Definite adjectives

Quantifier phrases

Agreement rule: Indef after quantifier. (msyn-qucompl-def-indef). Context: Vi har mange bøkene/bøker.

Agreement rule: Pl instead of Sg after quantifier. (msyn-qucompl-sg-pl). Context: Vi har mange ulike utfordring

Comparative rule: Quantor in superlative: de flere/fleste ulike kulturene

Predicative gender agreement

Predicative: neuter adjective should be masculine (msyn-pred-adjneu-adjmsc). Context: Båten var fint/fin.

Predicative: msculine adjective should be neuter (msyn-pred-adjmsc-adjneu). Context: Eplet var god/godt.

Agreement rule:. Context: Eplet var god/godt.

Agreement rule: Context: Eplet var god/godt.

Agreement rule: Context: Eplene var god/gode.

Agreement rule: Context: Jeg spiste et eple som var god/godt.

Agreement rule: Context: Jeg har en bil som er rødt/rød.

Agreement rule: Context: Jeg har ei hytte som er rødt/rød.

Agreement rule: Context: Jeg har biler som er fin

Agreement rule: Context: Eplet som jeg spiste var grønn/grønt

Agreement rule: Context: Bilen som jeg kjørte var grønt.

Agreement rule: Context: Hytta som jeg eier er fint.

Agreement rule: with relative clause Context: Bilene som jeg kjørte var grønt/grønn

Case errors

Case rules so far: Nominative pronouns should be accusative

Agreement rule: The context is P-complement. (msyn-pron-nom-acc). Context: Vi snakker om du.

Finite verb errors

Verb rule: Infinitive and no finite form in the sentence (msyn-v-inf-pres). Context: Jeg like/liker peanøtter.

Infinitive

Verb rule: Verb error: Present tense should be infinitive (msyn-v-pres-inf). Context: Jeg vil skriver et brev.

Adverb errors

Word order errors

V3 -> V2 in main clause

V2 to V3 in embedded clauses

og/å errors

The og -> å rules

Realword rule: og should be å real-og-aa. Context: Det er ikke til og holde ut.

Realword rule: og should be aa between Ind and Inf (real-og-aa). Context: Vi prøver og gå.

The å -> og rules

Realword rule: å should be og between nouns (real-aa-og). Context: Det var Trond å Kari.

Realword rule: å should be og between similar verbforms except 2nd V = obj (real-aa-og). Context: Vi må lese å skrive lyrikk.

Realword rule: å should be og between similar verbforms except 2nd V = obj (real-aa-og). Not: Det er ikke så lett som man skulle tro å skrive lyrikk.

Realword rule: å should be og between similar verbforms except 2nd V = obj (real-aa-og). Context: Vi vil hoppe å/og sprette.

Realword rule: å should be og between similar verbforms except 2nd V = obj (real-aa-og). Context: Vi hopper å/og spretter.

Punctuation rules

Simple punctuation rules showing how to change the lemma in the suggestions:

Quotation mark rule: Use correct quotation mark.

Ellipsis rule: Ellipsis … for … (use-ellipsis)

This (part of) documentation was generated from tools/grammarcheckers/grammarchecker.cg3