Some Definitions
- Derivation
A derivation is a binary tree that encodes a proof.
- Parse tree
A derivation can be displayed as a parse tree, showing the syntactic structure of a sentence.
- Functor and Argument
In a right (left) function application, the node of the type A\B (B/A) is called the functor, and the node of the type A is called an argument.
- Functor-argument structure
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