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title: "A Conceptual Parser for Natural Language"
authors:
  - "Roger C. Schank"
  - "Lawrence G. Tesler"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1969/49"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1969/0049.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the First International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 1969
pages: "569-578"
track: "Linguistic Research Relevant to Artificial Intelligence"
keywords:
---

# A Conceptual Parser for Natural Language

Roger C. Schank, Lawrence G. Tesler

*Proceedings of the First International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 569-578.

## Abstract

This paper describes an operable automatic parser for natural language . It is a conceptual parser, concerned with determining the underlying meaning of the input uti li zing a network of concepts explicating the beliefs inherent in a piece of discourse.