Characters that signal the end of an utterance
.
!
?
…
˙
Characters that follow a word, an utterance end symbol or a miscellaneous punctuation symbol
Characters in which reported speech is embedded. Between these, utterance terminators will be ignored
"
Characters whose double appearance signals the beginning of a non-phonological segment
(
Characters whose double appearance signals the end of a non-phonological segment
)
' -->
:
;
,
-
_
‿
—
/
•
·
Segment chain starts
No parentheses closing, No utterance end symbol, No end of input allowed
An utterance is open, but no word, no non-phonological segment and no open parenthesis has been encountered
Everything allowed
An utterance is open, but no word, no non-phonological segment. One open parenthesis has been encountered, so maybe a non-phonological segment starts
Everything allowed
An utterance is open and a word is open
No opening quote allowed
An utterance is open, but no word, no non-phonological segment. An utterance end symbol has been encountered. Either a space will follow or a new utterance will begin or the turn ends here.
No closed parenthesis, no further utterance end symbol allowed
An utterance is open and a non-phonological segment has started
No end of input, no open parenthesis, no pause symbol allowed
A turn is open, but no utterance, no word, no non-phonological segment, and no open parenthesis or utterance end symbol has been encountered
No close parenthesis, no utterance end symbol allowed
An utterance is open, a non-phonological segment is open and an open parenthesis has been encountered
Only close parenthesis allowed
An utterance is open, but no word and no non-phonological segment, and a quotation mark has been encountered earlier
No end of input allowed
An utterance is open, a word is open, and a quotation mark has been encountered earlier
No end of input allowed
An utterance is open, but no word and no non-phonological segment, a quotation mark has been encountered earlier, and one open parenthesis has been encountered, so maybe a non-phonological segment starts
No end of input allowed
An utterance is open, a quotation mark has been encountered earlier and a non-phonological segment has started
No end of input, no open parenthesis, no pause symbol allowed
An utterance is open, a quotation mark has been encountered earlier, a non-phonological segment is open and an open parenthesis has been encountered
Only close parenthesis allowed
An error has been encountered
The segment chain has been parsed successfully