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Understanding what is in the grammar

This grammar is small enough only to have one region (a real grammar might have 30-40 different ‘regions’, each concerned with a different kind of meaning). So we can see the entire thing at once.

Here you can see that there are three systems loaded; these are called TITLED, PERSON, and GENDER. The first system, TITLED, has choices ‘no-title’ and ‘title’; the second, PERSON, has choices ‘person3’, ‘person2’ and ‘person1’; and the last has choices ‘female’ and ‘male’.

Windows Tip: When you are working with a more complicated grammar: it is normal that you will be changing between different windows: remember that Windows help you do this with the line of used window icons running (typically) along the bottom of the screen. You can always see what is the most recent window on a PC running Windows by looking at the toolbar, usually found at the bottom of the screen. The latest window can usually be brought to the front by clicking on the icon furthest to the right; e.g.:

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