.. Copyright (C) 2001-2020 NLTK Project .. For license information, see LICENSE.TXT ========== Chunking ========== >>> from nltk.chunk import * >>> from nltk.chunk.util import * >>> from nltk.chunk.regexp import * >>> from nltk import Tree >>> tagged_text = "[ The/DT cat/NN ] sat/VBD on/IN [ the/DT mat/NN ] [ the/DT dog/NN ] chewed/VBD ./." >>> gold_chunked_text = tagstr2tree(tagged_text) >>> unchunked_text = gold_chunked_text.flatten() Chunking uses a special regexp syntax for rules that delimit the chunks. These rules must be converted to 'regular' regular expressions before a sentence can be chunked. >>> tag_pattern = "