simplenlg.framework

Class InflectedWordElement

java.lang.Object

simplenlg.framework.NLGElement

simplenlg.framework.InflectedWordElement

public class InflectedWordElement
extends NLGElement

This class defines the NLGElement that is used to represent an word that requires inflection by the morphology. It has convenience methods for retrieving the base form of the word (for example, kiss, eat) and for setting and retrieving the base word. The base word is a WordElement constructed by the lexicon.

Version:

4.0

Author:

D. Westwater, University of Aberdeen.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class simplenlg.framework.NLGElement

features

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
InflectedWordElement(String word, LexicalCategory category) Constructs a new inflected word using the giving word as the base form.
InflectedWordElement(WordElement word) Constructs a new inflected word from a WordElement

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getBaseForm() Retrieves the base form for this element.
WordElement	getBaseWord() Retrieves the base word for this element.
List<NLGElement>	getChildren() This method returns null as the inflected word has no child components.
String	printTree(String indent)
void	setBaseWord(WordElement word) Sets the base word for this element.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class simplenlg.framework.NLGElement

clearAllFeatures, equals, equals, getAllFeatureNames, getAllFeatures, getCategory, getFactory, getFeature, getFeatureAsBoolean, getFeatureAsDouble, getFeatureAsElement, getFeatureAsElementList, getFeatureAsFloat, getFeatureAsInteger, getFeatureAsList, getFeatureAsLong, getFeatureAsString, getFeatureAsStringList, getParent, getRealisation, getTense, hasFeature, isA, isNegated, isPlural, removeFeature, setCategory, setFactory, setFeature, setFeature, setFeature, setFeature, setFeature, setFeature, setNegated, setParent, setPlural, setRealisation, setTense

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

InflectedWordElement

public InflectedWordElement(String word,
                            LexicalCategory category)

Constructs a new inflected word using the giving word as the base form. Constructing the word also requires a lexical category (such as noun, verb).

Parameters:

word - the base form for this inflected word.

category - the lexical category for the word.

InflectedWordElement

public InflectedWordElement(WordElement word)

Constructs a new inflected word from a WordElement

Parameters:

word - underlying wordelement

Method Detail

getChildren

public List<NLGElement> getChildren()

This method returns null as the inflected word has no child components.

Specified by:

getChildren in class NLGElement

Returns:

a List of NLGElements representing the children of this element.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class NLGElement

printTree

public String printTree(String indent)

Overrides:

printTree in class NLGElement

getBaseForm

public String getBaseForm()

Retrieves the base form for this element. The base form is the originally supplied word.

Returns:

a String forming the base form of the element.

setBaseWord

public void setBaseWord(WordElement word)

Sets the base word for this element.

Parameters:

word - the WordElement representing the base word as read from the lexicon.

getBaseWord

public WordElement getBaseWord()

Retrieves the base word for this element.

Returns:

the WordElement representing the base word as read from the lexicon.