/** sets the adverb (head) of the phrase
* @param adverb
*/
public virtual void setAdverb(object adverb)
{
if (adverb is NLGElement)
{
setHead(adverb);
}
else
{
// create noun as word
NLGElement adverbElement = Factory.createWord(adverb, new LexicalCategory(LexicalCategory.LexicalCategoryEnum.ADVERB));
// set head of NP to nounElement
setHead(adverbElement);
}
}
/** sets the adjective (head) of the phrase
* @param adjective
*/
public virtual void setAdjective(object adjective)
{
if (adjective is NLGElement)
{
setHead(adjective);
}
else
{
// create noun as word
NLGElement adjectiveElement = Factory.createWord(adjective, new LexicalCategory(LexicalCategory.LexicalCategoryEnum.ADJECTIVE));
// set head of NP to nounElement
setHead(adjectiveElement);
}
}
/**
* sets the specifier of a noun phrase. Can be determiner (eg "the"),
* possessive (eg, "John's")
*
* @param specifier
*/
public virtual void setSpecifier(object specifier)
{
if (specifier is NLGElement)
{
setFeature(InternalFeature.SPECIFIER, specifier);
((NLGElement)specifier).setFeature(InternalFeature.DISCOURSE_FUNCTION, DiscourseFunction.SPECIFIER);
}
else
{
// create specifier as word (assume determiner)
NLGElement specifierElement = Factory.createWord(specifier, new LexicalCategory(LexicalCategory.LexicalCategoryEnum.DETERMINER));
// set specifier feature
if (specifierElement != null)
{
setFeature(InternalFeature.SPECIFIER, specifierElement);
specifierElement.setFeature(InternalFeature.DISCOURSE_FUNCTION, DiscourseFunction.SPECIFIER);
}
}
}
/**
* Add a modifier to an NP Use heuristics to decide where it goes
*
* @param modifier
*/
public override void addModifier(object modifier)
{
// string which is one lexicographic word is looked up in lexicon,
// adjective is preModifier
// Everything else is postModifier
if (modifier == null)
{
return;
}
// get modifier as NLGElement if possible
NLGElement modifierElement = null;
if (modifier is NLGElement)
{
modifierElement = (NLGElement)modifier;
}
else if (modifier is string)
{
string modifierString = (string)modifier;
if (modifierString.Length > 0 && !modifierString.Contains(" "))
{
modifierElement = Factory.createWord(modifier, new LexicalCategory(LexicalCategory.LexicalCategoryEnum.ANY));
}
}
// if no modifier element, must be a complex string, add as postModifier
if (modifierElement == null)
{
addPostModifier((string)modifier);
return;
}
// AdjP is premodifer
if (modifierElement is AdjPhraseSpec)
{
addPreModifier(modifierElement);
return;
}
// else extract WordElement if modifier is a single word
WordElement modifierWord = null;
if (modifierElement != null && modifierElement is WordElement)
{
modifierWord = (WordElement)modifierElement;
}
else if (modifierElement != null && modifierElement is InflectedWordElement)
{
modifierWord = ((InflectedWordElement)modifierElement).BaseWord;
}
// check if modifier is an adjective
if (modifierWord != null && modifierWord.Category == LexicalCategory.LexicalCategoryEnum.ADJECTIVE)
{
addPreModifier(modifierWord);
return;
}
// default case
addPostModifier(modifierElement);
}
/**
* sets the noun (head) of a noun phrase
*
* @param noun
*/
public virtual void setNoun(object noun)
{
NLGElement nounElement = Factory.createNLGElement(noun, new LexicalCategory(LexicalCategory.LexicalCategoryEnum.NOUN));
setHead(nounElement);
}