/// <summary>
/// Uses the pronoun set to generate the appropriate form of the verb
/// to agree with the pronouns.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="verb">the verb to conjugate</param>
/// <param name="form">the form of the subject of the sentence</param>
/// <returns>the conjugated verb</returns>
public static string GetForm(VerbSet verb, PronounSet form)
{
if (form == PronounSet.GetFemaleSet() || form == PronounSet.GetMaleSet() || form == PronounSet.GetNeuterSet())
{
return verb.singularForm;
}
else if (form == PronounSet.GetPluralSet())
{
return verb.pluralForm;
}
else if (form == PronounSet.GetSecondPersonSet())
{
return verb.secondPersonForm;
}
return null;
}
/// <summary>
/// This override makes the function use the <see cref="Actor"/>'s own
/// <see cref="PronounSet"/> for selecting the verb form.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="verb">the verb to conjugate</param>
/// <returns>the conjugated verb</returns>
public override string GetConjugatedVerb(VerbSet verb)
{
return VerbSet.GetForm(verb, this.pronouns);
}
/// <summary>
/// Prints a generic message reporting a simple action with two parameters.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="actor">the <see cref="Actor"/> performing the action</param>
/// <param name="verb">the action being performed</param>
/// <param name="item1">the first <see cref="Thing"/> the action is performed on</param>
/// <param name="separator">word or phrase separating the two parameters</param>
/// <param name="item2">the second <see cref="Thing"/> the action is performed on</param>
public static void ReportIfVisible(Actor actor, VerbSet verb, Thing item1, string separator, Thing item2)
{
ReportIfVisible(actor,
StringManipulator.CapitalizeFirstLetter(actor.GetSpecificName())
+ ' ' + actor.GetConjugatedVerb(verb)
+ ' ' + item1.GetSpecificName()
+ separator + item2.GetSpecificName() + '.');
}
/// <summary>
/// Conjugates a given verb, using the <see cref="Thing"/> as the
/// subject.
/// </summary>
///
/// <param name="verb">the verb to conjugate</param>
///
/// <returns>the conjugated verb</returns>
public virtual string GetConjugatedVerb(VerbSet verb)
{
return VerbSet.GetForm(verb, (this.isPlural) ? PronounSet.GetPluralSet() : PronounSet.GetNeuterSet());
}