... the syntax and semantics of sentences simultaneously. To drive this process, we take descrip- tion as the paradigm for sentence planning. Our planner, SPUD (Sentence Planner Using Descriptions), ... on the basis of their syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic contributions to the sentence using TAG allows the sentence planner to choose words in tandem with appropriate syntax (Yang et al., ... declarative specification of function. Like many sentence planners, we assume that there is a flexible • association between the content input to a sentence plan- ner and the meaning that comes...