10. The system of claim 9 , in which the one or more transfer functions include at least one of one or more translation functions, one or more condensation functions and one or more paraphrase functions.
9. A system for performing transfer functions on a packed phrase comprising: a processor for generating a first packed meaning representation for a phrase; a translation circuit for applying one or more transfer functions to the first packed meaning representation to generate a transferred packed meaning representation; and a packed meaning generation system for generating alternate phrases for the transferred packed meaning representation that i) determines unordered rewrite rules and ordered rewrite rules based on the transferred packed meaning representation, wherein unordered rewrite rules in semantic relation are associated with a corresponding pseudofact variable such that each pseudofact variable is associated with multiple unordered rewrite rules, ii) determines entries in a phrasal information structure based on the transferred packed meaning representation and a lexicon and in which the entries are comprised of syntactic information, semantic information, and corresponding source information associated with the lexicon, iii) substitutes pseudofact variables into the phrasal information structure for matching semantic information based on the unordered rewrite rules, iv) combines entries in the phrasal information structure based on the ordered rewrite rules, syntactic information, and semantic information, v) merges entries in the phrasal information structure where the syntactic and semantic information of the entries indicate equivalent meaning, vi) determines a root phrasal entry in the phrasal information structure, and vii) determines alternate phrases based on the source information for the determined root phrasal entry to form the transferred packed meaning representation.