# Dependancy Parsing A dependency structure consists of dependency relations, which are binary and asymmetric. For example: John hit the ball A relation consists of - a head (H) - hit - a dependent (D) - ball - a label identifying the relation between H and D - Object ![[dependency-structure.jpg]] Dependency parsing outputs a list of dependencies between the words in the sentence. It brings an interface to semantics "Who did what to whom" --- ## References 1. Chapter 12, Jurafsky & Martin, 3rd Edition