Provided are an electronic device, and a method for controlling same. An electronic device control method of the present invention may comprise the steps of: obtaining a user voice command; obtaining first text by voice-recognizing the voice command; identifying, from among a plurality of words included in the first text, a pre-stored indexed word; identifying, from among a plurality of pre-stored rule templates, a rule template including the indexed word and including a slot matching at least one word from among the plurality of words excluding the indexed word; and obtaining a control command corresponding to the voice command on the basis of the identified rule template.