{{Short description|Theoretical framework in linguistics}}
'''Minimal recursion semantics''' ('''MRS''') is a framework for [[computational semantics]]. It can be implemented in typed [[feature structure]] formalisms such as [[Headhead-driven phrase structure grammar]] and [[Lexicallexical functional grammar]]. It is suitable for computational language [[parsing]] and [[natural language generation]].<ref name=":0">Copestake, A., Flickinger, D. P., Sag, I. A., & Pollard, C. (2005). [httphttps://www.lingocl.cam.stanfordac.eduuk/sag~aac10/papers/copestakemrs.pdf Minimal Recursion Semantics. An introduction]. In Research on Language and Computation. 3:281–332</ref> MRS enables a simple formulation of the grammatical constraints on lexical and phrasal semantics, including the [[Principle of compositionality|principles of semantic composition]]. This technique is used in [[machine translation]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = LogonTop - Deep Linguistic Processing with HPSG|url = http://moin.delph-in.net/LogonTop|website = DELPH-IN|accessdate = 2015-10-13|date = 2013-07-30}}</ref>
Early pioneers of MRS include [[Ann Copestake]], [[Dan Flickinger]], [[Carl Pollard]], and [[Ivan Sag]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title = English Resource Grammar and Lexicon|url = http://www.delph-in.net/erg/|website = DELPH-IN|accessdate = 2015-10-13|date = 2013-05-23}}</ref>
