update config file; update argument parser in main; update readme

Signed-off-by: Gang Ling <[email protected]>

Author: gling07

CONFIG.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[LTH]
+Path: <absolute-path-to-LTH>/lth_srl
+
+[CoreNLP]
+Path: <absolute-path-to-CoreNLP>/stanford-corenlp-full-2016-10-31

README.md

@@ -12,21 +12,25 @@ From Narrative Text to Formal Action Language System Descriptions
 
 * **Python 3.6** Note that the version of python is *ESSENTIAL*
 * Download or git clone (https://github.com/gling07/Text2DRS) Text2DRS repository
+* If you already have LTH or Stanford core-NLP 3.7.0, you can omit related steps and edit CONFIG file directly
 * Download LTH (http://nlp.cs.lth.se/software/semantic-parsing-propbank-nombank-frames/)
 * Unzip LTH package and move the package dictionary into Text2DRS repository folder
 * Download Standford core-NLP **3.7.0** package (https://stanfordnlp.github.io/CoreNLP/history.html)
 * Unzip core-NLP package and move the package dictionary into Text2DRS repository folder
+* Edit CONFIG.cfg file to include system paths of LTH and core-NLP package as following:
+```
+[LTH]
+Path: <absolute-path-to-LTH>/lth_srl
 
-* create a file named CONFIG that includes two lines  specifying the place for LTH and core-NLP packages as follows
+[CoreNLP]
+Path: <absolute-path-to-CoreNLP>/stanford-corenlp-full-2016-10-31
 
-lth_srl  <path-to-lth-directory>/lth_srl/
-corenlp  <path-to-corenlp-directory>/stanford-corenlp-full-2016-10-31/
-   
+```
 
 ### Parameters ###
 
 * Command line to invoke the system:
-* python3 text2drs.py <path-to-config-file>/CONFIG <path-to-input-file-with-text>/something.txt
+* python3 text2drs.py <absolute-path-to-config-file>/CONFIG.cfg <absolute-path-to-input-file-with-text>/something.txt
 
 For example, testFiles/paperExample.txt contains two sentences 
   Ann went to the room.

text2drs.py

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import corenlp
 import drs2
 import fileGenerator
+import configparser
 
 # lth output file
 output_file = None
@@ -39,13 +40,11 @@
 
 
 # The method to call and run lth tool with a input file
-def process_lth(file):
+def process_lth(file, lth_path):
 
     # store text2drs tool's path
     text2_drs_path = os.getcwd()
 
-    lth_path = text2_drs_path + '/lth_srl/'
-
     # switch current dictionary to lth folder
     os.chdir(lth_path)
 
@@ -97,9 +96,8 @@ def process_lth(file):
 
 # process input file by running corenlp through command line
 # output file format can be choose from text, xml, json
-def process_corenlp(file):
+def process_corenlp(file, corenlp_path):
     text2_drs_path = os.getcwd()
-    corenlp_path = text2_drs_path + '/stanford-corenlp-full-2016-10-31/'
     os.chdir(corenlp_path)
     output_path = text2_drs_path + '/corenlp_Outputs/'
     output_format = 'xml'
@@ -116,11 +114,20 @@ def process_corenlp(file):
 
 
 def main():
+    config = configparser.RawConfigParser()
+
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("config", help='given full path of config file', type=str)
     parser.add_argument("input", help='given full path of input file', type=str)
     args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    config.read(args.config)
     input_file = args.input
-    process_lth(input_file)
+
+    lth_path = config.get('LTH', 'Path')
+    corenlp_path = config.get('CoreNLP', 'Path')
+
+    process_lth(input_file, lth_path)
 
     # read lth output file and store in lth_output
     lth_output = None
@@ -145,7 +152,7 @@ def main():
     sys.stdout = orig_stdout
     f.close()
 
-    corenlp_output_path = process_corenlp(input_file)
+    corenlp_output_path = process_corenlp(input_file, corenlp_path)
     corenlp_output = None
     try:
         corenlp_output = ET.parse(corenlp_output_path)