Human Language Analyzer for Detecting Clauses, Clause Types, and Clause Relationships

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving, at a human language analyzer, text data representing information in a human language, the text data comprising a plurality of clauses of a sentence portion;
• obtaining a data structure defining a defined hierarchy of clauses, wherein the defined hierarchy of clauses associates each clause of the plurality of clauses of the sentence portion with one of a plurality of levels, and wherein the defined hierarchy of clauses defines hierarchy connections between clauses associated with different levels of the plurality of levels;
• receiving, at the human language analyzer, a computer command for identifying a text data component of the text data, wherein the computer command comprises a first operator and at least two requirements for the text data component, wherein the first operator limits computer identification of the text data component to one or more clauses of the sentence portion that collectively satisfy the at least two requirements and are hierarchically-related according to the hierarchy connections of the defined hierarchy of clauses;
• locating, based on the first operator, two clauses of the sentence portion that are on two different levels of the defined hierarchy of clauses and are hierarchically-related according to the hierarchy connections of the defined hierarchy of clauses;
• identifying that a first requirement of the at least two requirements is met in a first clause of the two clauses;
• identifying that a second requirement of the at least two requirements is met in the first clause or a second clause of the two clauses;
• responsive to identifying that the first requirement is met and identifying that the second requirement is met, locating the text data component from one of the two clauses;
• generating, responsive to the computer command, generated data representing the located text data component by the human language analyzer according to the computer command;
• and
• outputting to an output device the generated data.

A human language analyzer comprising processor and memory, the memory containing instructions executable by the processor wherein the human language analyzer is configured to:

• receive, at the human language analyzer, text data representing information in a human language, the text data comprising a plurality of clauses of a sentence portion;
• obtain a data structure defining a defined hierarchy of clauses, wherein the defined hierarchy of clauses associates each clause of the plurality of clauses of the sentence portion with one of a plurality of levels, and wherein the defined hierarchy of clauses defines hierarchy connections between clauses associated with different levels of the plurality of levels;
• receive, at the human language analyzer, a computer command for identifying a text data component of the text data, wherein the computer command comprises a first operator and at least two requirements for the text data component, wherein the first operator limits computer identification of the text data component to one or more clauses of the sentence portion that collectively satisfy the at least two requirements and are hierarchically-related according to the hierarchy connections of the defined hierarchy of clauses;
• locate, based on the first operator, two clauses of the sentence portion that are on two different levels of the defined hierarchy of clauses and are hierarchically-related according to the hierarchy connections of the defined hierarchy of clauses;
• identify that a first requirement of the at least two requirements is met in a first clause of the two clauses;
• identify that a second requirement of the at least two requirements is met in the first clause or a second clause of the two clauses;
• responsive to identifying that the first requirement is met and identifying that the second requirement is met, locate the text data component from one of the two clauses;
• generate, responsive to the computer command, generated data representing the located text data component by the human language analyzer according to the computer command;
• and
• output to an output device the generated data.