/// <summary>
/// Sentence Parser interface routine
/// </summary>
/// <param name="input_sentence"></param>
public Sentence parse_string_into_words(string input_sentence)
{
char[] delimiterChars = { ' ', ',', '.', ':', '\t' };
//are there any other delimiters we need to be using? Looks like you got them all
string[] words = input_sentence.Split(delimiterChars);
// create the sentence
Sentence temp_sentence = new Sentence();
// add the word list to the sentence
temp_sentence.wordlist = words;
string[] nouns = m_nounList.RetrieveWords();
string[] verbs = m_verbList.RetrieveWords();
string[] dictionary = m_dictionary.RetrieveWords();
foreach (string s in words)
{
//TODO we need to identify each word in this array of words,
// as it's sentence component type (right now either noun or verb)
// and create a Sentence object (Define this class) that contains the entire list of
// words stored as word objects (define this class)
bool result = false;
// verbs first
// compare this particular s value to every t in the verbs list
foreach (string t in verbs)
{
result = s.Equals(t);
if (result)
{
Verb temp = new Verb();
temp.m_value = s;
temp_sentence.m_action.m_valueList.Add(temp);
result = false;
}
}// end verbs
// compare this particular s value to every t in the verbs list
foreach (string n in nouns)
{
result = false;
result = s.Equals(n);
if (result)
{
Noun temp = new Noun();
temp.m_value = s;
temp_sentence.m_subj.m_objects.Add(temp);
result = false;
}
}// end nouns
}//end foreach word
return temp_sentence;
}
public InOut()
{
// the Greetings Class is about outdated and needs to be removed and its functionality placed in a more
// logical location such as the sentence class as a type of interjection sentence that functions as a greeting
// and access of its word list should go through listener just like nouns and verbs.
//yes I probably could have used the xmlDataAccess Class instead of setting up the functionality of the Dictionary class
currentSentence = new Sentence();
xmlDataAccess = new XmlDataAccess("XMLGreetinglist.xml");
listener = new Listener();
InitializeComponent();
greetings = new Greetings(xmlDataAccess);
currentDictionary = new Dictionary("XMLGreetingList.xml","xmlNounList.xml","xmlVerbList.xml");
}
private void inputWindow_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
{
string statementS;
string statementP;
if (e.KeyChar == 13) // 13 is the enter key
{
foreach (string dictionary in currentDictionary.RetrieveWords())
{
bool resultant;
resultant = this.inputWindow.Text.Contains(dictionary);
bool result;
string WordType;
WordType = currentDictionary.RetrieveType(this.inputWindow.Text);
result = WordType.Contains("interjection");
if (resultant == true && result == true)
{
Random rnd = new Random();
int index = rnd.Next(1, xmlDataAccess.getNodelistSize()); // creates a number between 1 and the node list size
OutputLabel.Text = greetings.Greet[index].ToString();
nounButton.Visible = false;
verbButton.Visible = false;
greetingButton.Visible = false;
return;
}
else
if (resultant == true)
{
string sentence = inputWindow.Text;
currentSentence = listener.parse_string_into_words(sentence);
foreach (Noun n in currentSentence.m_subj.m_objects)
{
statementS = "there is a Subject";
lv_nouns.Items.Add(n.m_value);
subjectLabel.Text = n.m_value;
Console.WriteLine(statementS);
}
foreach (Verb v in currentSentence.m_action.m_valueList)
{
statementP = "there is a predicate";
lv_verbs.Items.Add(v.m_value);
predicateLabel.Text = v.m_value;
Console.WriteLine( statementP);
}
OutputLabel.Text = "this could be a sentence";
return;
}
else
{
statementS = "there is no subject";
statementP = "there is no predicate";
Console.WriteLine( statementS + " " + statementP);
nounButton.Visible = true;
verbButton.Visible = true;
greetingButton.Visible = true;
}
}
}
}
private void parse_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string sentence = inputWindow.Text;
currentSentence = listener.parse_string_into_words(sentence);
try
{
foreach (string s in currentSentence.wordlist)
{
lv_words.Items.Add(s);
}
foreach (Noun n in currentSentence.m_subj.m_objects)
{
lv_nouns.Items.Add(n.m_value);
}
foreach (Verb v in currentSentence.m_action.m_valueList)
{
lv_verbs.Items.Add(v.m_value);
}
}
catch (Exception z)
{
//need to check all words in sentence before we load them into the catch statement so we can give the user the
// opportunity to add new words to the lists.
MessageBox.Show("This is a sentence fragment, either nouns or verbs were null." + z.Message);
}
}