yohasebe/rsyntaxtree

RSyntaxTree is a graphical syntax tree generator for linguistic research

Documentation

Documentation is currently available in the following languages:

Web Interface

See updates and a working web interface available at https://yohasebe.com/rsyntaxtree.

You can run RSyntaxTree's web interface on your local machine using Docker Desktop. See RSyntaxTree Web UI

Examples

See RSyntaxTree Example Gallery page for examples for

Generative Grammar
Combinatory Categorial Grammar
Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar
Cognitive Grammar
Construction Grammar
Pragmatics
Phonology
etc.

NOTE: Some tree structures in the example gallery are experimental in the sense that they are not drawn according to conventions of the field.

Input text

[S
  [NP |R|<>SyntaxTree]
  [VP
    [V generates]
    [NP
      [Adj #\+multilingual\
            \+beautiful]
      [NP syntax\
          trees]
    ]
  ]
]

Output (PNG or SVG)

Installation

# gem install rsyntaxtree

NOTE: Currently, installation of the gem package on macOS is not recommended. Please use the Docker image or the web interface.

Usage

For the web interface, see Usage section of https://yohasebe.com/rsyntaxtree.

For the command-line interface, type $rsyntaxtree -h after installation. Here's what you get:

RSyntaxTree, (linguistic) syntax tree generator written in Ruby.

Usage:
       1) rsyntaxtree [options] "[VP [VP [V set] [NP bracket notation]] [ADV here]]"
       2) rsyntaxtree [options] "/path/to/text/file"
where [options] are:
  -o, --outdir=<s>                     Output directory (default: ./)
  -u, --outfilename=<s>                Output file base name (default: syntree)
  -f, --format=<s>                     Output format: png, gif, jpg, pdf, or svg (default: png)
  -l, --leafstyle=<s>                  visual style of tree leaves: auto, triangle, bar, or nothing (default: auto)
  -n, --fontstyle=<s>                  Font style (available when ttf font is specified): sans, serif, cjk, mono (default: sans)
  -t, --font=<s>                       Path to a ttf font used to generate tree (optional)
  -s, --fontsize=<i>                   Size: 8-26 (default: 16)
  -i, --linewidth=<i>                  Size: 1-5 (default: 1)
  -v, --vheight=<f>                    Connector Height: 0.5-5.0 (default: 2.0)
  -c, --color=<s>                      Color text and bars: modern, traditional, or off (default: modern)
  -y, --symmetrize=<s>                 Generate radically symmetrical, balanced tree: on or off (default: off)
  -r, --transparent=<s>                Make background transparent: on or off (default: off)
  -p, --polyline=<s>                   draw polyline connectors: on or off (default: off)
  -d, --hide-default-connectors=<s>    make default connectors transparent: on or off (default: off)
  -h, --help                           This is a custom help message
  -e, --version                        Print version and exit

See the documentation for more detailed info about the syntax.

References

Please use the following BibTeX entry when referring to RSyntaxTree.

@misc{rsyntaxtree_2024,
  author = {Yoichiro Hasebe},
  title = {RSyntaxTree: A graphical syntax tree image generator}
  url = {https://yohasebe.com/rsyntaxtree},
  year = {2024}
}

Development

For the latest updates and downloads please visit http://github.com/yohasebe/rsyntaxtree

Author

Yoichiro Hasebe yohasebe@gmail.com

License

RSyntaxTree is distributed under the MIT License.

yohasebe / rsyntaxtree