update

app.py

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ if text:
   
   # Convert the bracket parse tree into an NLTK Tree
   mod_tree = str(parse_tree).replace("$(", "$LRB").replace("$)", "$RRB")
+  print(mod_tree)
   # t = Tree.fromstring(re.sub(r'(-\w+)+', '', mod_tree))
   # t = Tree.fromstring(mod_tree)
   

parse.py

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ def parse(words):
     input_sentence = benepar.InputSentence(words=words)
     tree = parser.parse(input_sentence)
     tree = str(tree).replace('-LRB-','\\(').replace('-RRB-','\\)').replace('-LSB-','\\[').replace('-RSB-','\\]').replace('($(-','($\\(-')
-    tree = tree.replace("$(", "$LRB").replace("$)", "$RRB")
     # put the whole parse tree on a single line
     tree = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', tree.strip())
     tree = re.sub(r' \(', '(', tree)
+    tree = tree.replace("$(", "$LRB").replace("$)", "$RRB")
     return tree