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  <Title>Pragmatic sensitivity in NL interfaces and the structure of conversation</Title>
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6. Conclusions
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    <Paragraph position="0"> The processes and formalisms outlined above are all tentative in nature, and represent part of an approach to the problem of pragmatic sensitivity, rather than purported solutions to the problem. We envisage then as being part of a system that uses a multi-level parsing technique, with mutual assistance between different subcomponents of the parser, so that pragmatic information can immediately be used to assist par~ing i for syntax, and so on. We also see that par~ing will involve not only ~entence parsing, but also conversation parsing, in that the appropriate structure of a conversation must be built up at each step.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> This is simply one further part of the general parsing process~ but one that we envisage as being of assistance to other parser suboomponents, as well as fulfilling its primary function of making sure that the system is something of a conversationalist, rather than just being a communicative plodder.</Paragraph>
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