/// <summary>
/// Try to add a modifier to a lexica
/// </summary>
/// <param name="modifier">the lexica that is the modifier</param>
/// <returns>Whether or not it succeeded</returns>
public ILexica TryModify(LexicalType type, GrammaticalType role, string phrase, bool passthru = false)
{
ILexica modifier = new Lexica(type, role, phrase, Context);
modifier = TryModify(modifier);
return(passthru ? this : modifier);
}
private ILexica RunObscura(MessagingType sensoryType, IEntity observer, bool over)
{
ILexica message = null;
LexicalContext context = new LexicalContext(observer)
{
Determinant = true,
Perspective = NarrativePerspective.FirstPerson,
Position = LexicalPosition.Around
};
switch (sensoryType)
{
case MessagingType.Audible:
if (!over)
{
message = new Lexica(LexicalType.Verb, GrammaticalType.Verb, "hear", observer, observer)
.TryModify(new Lexica(LexicalType.Noun, GrammaticalType.Subject, "sounds", context))
.TryModify(new Lexica(LexicalType.Adjective, GrammaticalType.Descriptive, "soft", context));
}
else
{
message = new Lexica(LexicalType.Verb, GrammaticalType.Verb, "hear", observer, observer)
.TryModify(new Lexica(LexicalType.Noun, GrammaticalType.Subject, "sounds", context))
.TryModify(new Lexica(LexicalType.Adjective, GrammaticalType.Descriptive, "loud", context));
}
break;
case MessagingType.Olefactory:
if (!over)
{
message = new Lexica(LexicalType.Verb, GrammaticalType.Verb, "smell", observer, observer)
.TryModify(new Lexica(LexicalType.Noun, GrammaticalType.Subject, "something", context))
.TryModify(new Lexica(LexicalType.Adjective, GrammaticalType.Descriptive, "subtle", context));
}
else
{
message = new Lexica(LexicalType.Verb, GrammaticalType.Verb, "smell", observer, observer)
.TryModify(new Lexica(LexicalType.Noun, GrammaticalType.Subject, "something", context))
.TryModify(new Lexica(LexicalType.Adjective, GrammaticalType.Descriptive, "pungent", context));
}
break;
case MessagingType.Psychic:
if (!over)
{
message = new Lexica(LexicalType.Verb, GrammaticalType.Verb, "sense", observer, observer)
.TryModify(new Lexica(LexicalType.Noun, GrammaticalType.Subject, "presence", context))
.TryModify(new Lexica(LexicalType.Adjective, GrammaticalType.Descriptive, "vague", context));
}
else
{
message = new Lexica(LexicalType.Verb, GrammaticalType.Verb, "sense", observer, observer)
.TryModify(new Lexica(LexicalType.Noun, GrammaticalType.Subject, "presence", context))
.TryModify(new Lexica(LexicalType.Adjective, GrammaticalType.Descriptive, "disturbing", context));
}
break;
case MessagingType.Tactile:
context.Position = LexicalPosition.Attached;
if (!over)
{
message = new Lexica(LexicalType.Verb, GrammaticalType.Verb, "brushes", observer, observer)
.TryModify(new Lexica(LexicalType.Noun, GrammaticalType.Subject, "skin", context))
.TryModify(new Lexica(LexicalType.Adjective, GrammaticalType.Descriptive, "lightly", context));
}
else
{
context.Elegance = -5;
message = new Lexica(LexicalType.Verb, GrammaticalType.Verb, "rubs", observer, observer)
.TryModify(new Lexica(LexicalType.Pronoun, GrammaticalType.Subject, "you", context));
}
break;
case MessagingType.Taste:
context.Position = LexicalPosition.InsideOf;
if (!over)
{
message = new Lexica(LexicalType.Verb, GrammaticalType.Verb, "taste", observer, observer)
.TryModify(new Lexica(LexicalType.Noun, GrammaticalType.Subject, "something", context))
.TryModify(new Lexica(LexicalType.Adjective, GrammaticalType.Descriptive, "subtle", context));
}
else
{
context.Elegance = -5;
message = new Lexica(LexicalType.Verb, GrammaticalType.Verb, "taste", observer, observer)
.TryModify(new Lexica(LexicalType.Noun, GrammaticalType.Subject, "something", context))
.TryModify(new Lexica(LexicalType.Adjective, GrammaticalType.Descriptive, "offensive", context));
}
break;
case MessagingType.Visible:
context.Plural = true;
if (!over)
{
message = new Lexica(LexicalType.Verb, GrammaticalType.Verb, "see", observer, observer)
.TryModify(new Lexica(LexicalType.Noun, GrammaticalType.Subject, "shadows", context));
}
else
{
message = new Lexica(LexicalType.Verb, GrammaticalType.Verb, "see", observer, observer)
.TryModify(new Lexica(LexicalType.Noun, GrammaticalType.Subject, "lights", context))
.TryModify(new Lexica(LexicalType.Adjective, GrammaticalType.Descriptive, "blinding", context));
}
break;
}
return(message);
}