analyze

Analyze a surface form (reverse lookup).

Alias: a

Synopsis

unimorph analyze [OPTIONS] <FORM>

Description

Given a surface form (inflected word), returns all possible analyses: the lemma it comes from and its morphological features. This is the reverse of inflect.

A form may have multiple analyses if it's ambiguous (e.g., same spelling for different lemmas or different grammatical analyses).

Arguments

Options

Examples

Basic Analysis

unimorph analyze -l heb כתבתי

FORM         LEMMA        FEATURES
------------------------------------------------------------
כתבתי       כתב         V;1;SG;PST

1 analysis(es) found.

Ambiguous Forms

Some forms have multiple possible analyses:

unimorph analyze -l heb כתבו

FORM         LEMMA        FEATURES
------------------------------------------------------------
כתבו        כתב         V;3;PL;PST
כתבו        כתב         V;2;PL;IMP;MASC

2 analysis(es) found.

JSON Output

unimorph analyze -l heb כתבתי --json

[
  {
    "lemma": "כתב",
    "form": "כתבתי",
    "features": {
      "raw": "V;1;SG;PST",
      "features": ["V", "1", "SG", "PST"]
    }
  }
]

TSV for Piping

unimorph analyze -l heb כתבתי --tsv

כתבתי	כתב	V;1;SG;PST

Form Not Found

unimorph analyze -l heb xyz

No analyses found for 'xyz'.

The form may not exist in the dataset, or it could be:
  - A proper noun or foreign word
  - A misspelling
  - A rare or archaic form

Scripting Examples

# Analyze words from a file
cat words.txt | while read word; do
  echo "=== $word ==="
  unimorph analyze -l heb "$word"
done

# Get just the lemma
unimorph analyze -l heb כתבתי --tsv | cut -f2

# Check if a word exists
if unimorph analyze -l heb כתבתי --tsv | grep -q .; then
  echo "Found"
fi

Notes

• Analysis is case-sensitive for most languages
• Forms must match exactly (no fuzzy matching)
• Use search with --form for pattern matching

See Also

• inflect - Forward lookup (lemma to forms)
• search - Flexible searching