#18364Chart parsing is directional in the sense that it works from the starting point (usually the beginning of the sentence ) extending its activity usually in a rightward manner.
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and makes sense of as much of the
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sentence
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as it is actually possible , and
#18396We shall introduce the concept of a chart that works outward from islands and makes sense of as much of the sentence as it is actually possible, and after that will lead to predictions of missing fragments.
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identifiable fragments occur in the
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sentence
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, the process will extend to both
#18427So, for any place where the easily identifiable fragments occur in the sentence , the process will extend to both the left and the right of the islands, until possibly completely missing fragments are reached.