tutorials

LingFrame Tutorials

Progressive tutorials from first analysis to framework extension.

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Learning Path

Tutorial	Audience	Time	Description
01: First Analysis	Everyone	10 min	Analyze your first document
02: Comparative Analysis	Researchers	20 min	Compare multiple texts
03: Custom Domains	Power users	30 min	Create specialized analysis profiles
04: Building Modules	Developers	45 min	Extend the framework

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Quick Start

Just want to analyze a document?

./new_venv/bin/python lingframe.py analyze your-document.pdf

Prefer a web interface?

./new_venv/bin/python run_web.py
# Open http://localhost:8501

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Sample Corpus

The tutorials use texts from the included corpus:

corpus/
├── classical/
│   ├── odyssey/       Homer's Odyssey (Butler translation)
│   └── aeneid/        Virgil's Aeneid (Dryden translation)
├── medieval/
│   ├── beowulf/       Beowulf (Gummere translation)
│   ├── canterbury-tales/  Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
│   └── inferno/       Dante's Inferno (Longfellow translation)
└── early-modern/
    └── tempest/       Shakespeare's The Tempest

These texts are public domain and span 2,500+ years of literary tradition.

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Prerequisites

Before starting, ensure you have:

1. Python 3.9+ installed
2. LingFrame dependencies installed:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm

See the main README for full setup instructions.

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Getting Help

• Documentation: Check docs/ for architecture and theory
• Issues: Report bugs at the project repository
• Examples: See projects/ for sample project configurations