4 The Commands of malaga and mallex

Since the user interfaces of malaga and mallex are very similar and since they have a bunch of commands in common, I will describe them in a common chapter. Commands that can be used in malaga or in mallex only, are marked by the name of the program in which they can be used.

• backtrace: Show where rule execution has stopped.
• break: Add a new breakpoint.
• clear-cache: Clear the word cache.
• continue: Continue execution up to next breakpoint.
• debug-ga: Debug Generating Allomorphs.
• debug-ga-file: Debug Generating Allomorphs from a file.
• debug-ga-line: Debug Generating Allomorphs from a single line in a file.
• debug-ma: Debug Morphology Analysis.
• debug-ma-line: Debug Morphology Analysis of a line in a file.
• debug-sa: Debug Syntax Analysis.
• debug-sa-line: Debug Syntax Analysis of a line in a file.
• debug-state: Debug rule execution at an analysis state.
• delete: Delete breakpoints.
• down: Show code position and variables in calling rule.
• finish: Continue execution up to return or path termination.
• frame: Show code position and variables of a frame.
• ga: Generate Allomorphs.
• ga-file: Generate Allomorphs from a file.
• ga-line: Generate Allomorphs from a single line in a file.
• get: Get current values of options.
• help: Get help about commands and options.
• info: Get info about current grammar.
• list: List current breakpoints.
• ma: Analyse a word.
• ma-file: Analyse words in a file.
• ma-line: Analyse a word at line in a file.
• mg: Generate words from allomorphs.
• next: Continue execution up to next line, skip subrules.
• print: Print a variable or constant or a part of it.
• quit: Quit malaga or mallex.
• read-constants: Read constant definitions in lexicon file.
• result: Show results.
• run: Continue execution up to the end.
• sa: Analyse a sentence.
• sa-file: Analyse sentences in a file.
• sa-line: Analyse a sentence at a line in a file.
• set: Set values of options.
• sg: Generate sentences from words.
• step: Continue execution up to next line, enter subrules.
• transmit: Send value to transmit process and print answer.
• tree: Display analysis tree.
• up: Show code position and variables in called rule.
• variables: Display current variables.
• walk: Execute until next rule.
• where: Show current analysis state.