vallex-tools 0.12
A Python interface for working with vallency lexicon data.
License: MIT
Requires Python: >=3.6
Keywords: nlp,lexicon,valency

Vallex Tools
============

| A Python interface to various vallency lexicon (Vallex) data.
| https://verner.gitlab.io/pyvallex/

.. code-block:: bash

    pip install vallex-tools


Features
--------
- `MIT <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License>`_ licensed
- parses lexicon data in txt and json formats
- provides a cli for working with the data (searching, printing histogram, converting between txt/json, running data tests)
- infrastructure to run data tests
- Qt(WebEngine) based ui (searching, simple editing)
- web based interface (searching)

Example Use
-----------

.. code-block:: python

    from vallex import LexiconCollection, add_file_to_collection
    from vallex.grep import parse_pattern, filter_db


    # Create a collection of lexicons
    coll = LexiconCollection()

    # Load a lexicon and add it to the collections
    add_file_to_collection(coll, open('v-vallex.txt', 'r', encoding='utf-8'))


    # Filter the collection looking for lexical units which have ACT in their frame
    pat = parse_pattern('frame.functor=ACT')
    coll = filter_db(coll, pat)


    # Print out the frame attribute of each lexical unit in the filtered
    # collection
    for lu in coll.lexical_units:
        print(lu.frame)

It also includes a cli interface:

.. code-block:: bash

    $ vallex-cli -i v-vallex.txt --filter frame,lemma,refl -- grep frame.functor=ACT

      ...

    * ŽRÁT SE
      : id: blu-v-žrát-se-1
      ~ impf: žrát se
      + ACT(1;obl)CAUS(7,pro+4;typ)
    #
    # END ========== ../data-txt/v-vallex.txt ========== END

    $ vallex-cli -i v-vallex.json --histogram frame.functor -- grep frame.functor=ACT

      ...

    NTT                                  (186/17819)
    DPHR  *                               (286/17819)
    DIR1  *                               (286/17819)
    MANN  *                               (325/17819)
    ORIG  *                               (382/17819)
    DIR   **                              (484/17819)
    EFF   ***                             (601/17819)
    LOC   ***                             (606/17819)
    DIR3  ***                             (610/17819)
    BEN   ***                             (637/17819)
    ADDR  ***                             (731/17819)
    MEANS ****                            (809/17819)
    PAT   ************************        (4836/17819)
    ACT   ******************************* (6176/17819)


Installing the command-line tools
---------------------------------

Unix
####

We suggest using the `pipx <https://pipxproject.github.io/pipx/>`_ or `pipsi <https://github.com/mitsuhiko/pipsi>`_ script installers:

.. code-block:: bash

    $ python3 -m pip install --user pipx
    $ python3 -m pipx ensurepath
    $ pipx install vallex-tools


Alternatively, just create a Python3 virtualenv and run vallex-tools from there:

.. code-block:: bash

    $ python3 -m virtualenv -p `which python3` venv
    $ . venv/bin/activate
    (venv) $ pip install vallex-tools

Assuming you used `pipx` to install vallex-tools, you can get bash command completion for `vallex-cli`,
by putting the following line into your `.bashrc` or `.bash_profile`:

.. code-block:: bash

    eval $(pipx run vallex-cli completion)

(For `pipsi`, replace `pipx` with `pipsi`. For the virtualenv, you need to first activate the virtualenv,
then run the eval with just `vallex-cli` instead of pipx, and then deactivate the environment again).

Windows
#######

Run the `install-win.ps1 <https://verner.gitlab.io/pyvallex/_static/install-win.ps1>`_ script in a
`PowerShell` prompt. This script will download and install a Python interpretter into `C:\\vallex-tools`
and the it will use it to install the `vallex-tools` package. Finally, it will put a shortcut to run
the `vallex-gui` on the desktop. Using this method, all configuration & logs will live in the
`C:\\vallex-tools` directory. To change this directory, you can edit the script and change the
definition of the `$install_path` variable.

Contributing
------------

Please see `Developer documentation <https://verner.gitlab.io/pyvallex/development.html>`_
for documentation describing how to set-up your environment for working on vallex-tools.


.. Obtaining Lexicon Data
.. ----------------------
..
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.. Command Line Interface
.. ----------------------
..
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.. Web Interface
.. -------------
..
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.. Data Validation Tests
.. ---------------------
..
.. REST API
.. --------
..
.. Please see :doc:`REST API documentation <restapi>`.
..
.. Development
.. -----------
..
.. Please see :doc:`Developer documentation <development>`.

.. Documentation
.. -------------

.. Please see the :doc:`Intro` for more details.


.. Bugs/Requests
.. -------------

.. Please use the `GitLab issue tracker <{{cookiecutter.bug_url}}>`_ to submit bugs or request features.


.. Changelog
.. ---------

.. Consult the :doc:`Changelog <changelog>` page for fixes and enhancements of each version.