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package org.apache.nlpcraft.server.nlp.core

import io.opencensus.trace.Span
import org.apache.nlpcraft.common.NCService

import scala.collection.Seq

/**
  * NLP parser.
  */
trait NCNlpParser extends NCService {
    /**
      *
      * @param normTxt Normalized text.
      * @param parent Optional parent span.
      * @return Parsed words.
      */
    def parse(normTxt: String, parent: Span = null): Seq[NCNlpWord]
}