edu.northwestern.at.utils.corpuslinguistics.inflector.conjugator
Class EnglishConjugator

java.lang.Object
  edu.northwestern.at.utils.corpuslinguistics.inflector.conjugator.EnglishConjugator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Conjugator

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultConjugator

public class EnglishConjugator
extends java.lang.Object
implements Conjugator

English language conjugator.

Field Summary

protected static java.util.Set<java.lang.String>	doublingVerbs Set of verbs whose final consonant is doubled in inflected forms.
protected static java.lang.String	doublingVerbsPath Resource path to list of doubled consonant verbs.
protected Map3D<java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String>	irregularVerbs Map3D of irregular verbs.
protected static java.lang.String	irregularVerbsPath Resource path to map of irregular verbs.
protected static PatternReplacer	presentParticiplePattern1 Present participle replacement patterns.
protected static PatternReplacer	presentParticiplePattern2

Constructor Summary

EnglishConjugator()
Create an English conjugator.

Method Summary

java.lang.String

conjugate(java.lang.String infinitive, VerbTense tense, Person person) Conjugate a verb from its lemma (infinitive), tense, and person.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

doublingVerbs

protected static java.util.Set<java.lang.String> doublingVerbs

Set of verbs whose final consonant is doubled in inflected forms.

doublingVerbsPath

protected static final java.lang.String doublingVerbsPath

Resource path to list of doubled consonant verbs.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

presentParticiplePattern1

protected static final PatternReplacer presentParticiplePattern1

Present participle replacement patterns.

presentParticiplePattern2

protected static final PatternReplacer presentParticiplePattern2

irregularVerbs

protected Map3D<java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String> irregularVerbs

Map3D of irregular verbs.

First key is the infinitive.
Second key is the person.
Third key is the verb tense.
Value is the conjugated verb form.

irregularVerbsPath

protected static final java.lang.String irregularVerbsPath

Resource path to map of irregular verbs.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

EnglishConjugator

public EnglishConjugator()

Create an English conjugator.

Method Detail

conjugate

public java.lang.String conjugate(java.lang.String infinitive,
                                  VerbTense tense,
                                  Person person)

Conjugate a verb from its lemma (infinitive), tense, and person.

Specified by:

conjugate in interface Conjugator

Parameters:

infinitive - The infinitive of the verb to inflect.

tense - The verb tense to generate.

person - The person (1st, 2nd, 3rd) to generate.

Returns:

The English inflected form of the verb in all lower case.