simplenlg.phrasespec

Class AdvPhraseSpec

java.lang.Object

simplenlg.framework.NLGElement

simplenlg.framework.PhraseElement

simplenlg.phrasespec.AdvPhraseSpec

public class AdvPhraseSpec
extends PhraseElement

This class defines a adverbial phrase. It is essentially a wrapper around the PhraseElement class, with methods for setting common constituents such as preModifier. For example, the setAdverb method in this class sets the head of the element to be the specified adverb

From an API perspective, this class is a simplified version of the AdvPhraseSpec class in simplenlg V3. It provides an alternative way for creating syntactic structures, compared to directly manipulating a V4 PhraseElement.

Methods are provided for setting and getting the following constituents:

• PreModifier (eg, "very")
• Adverb (eg, "quickly")

NOTE: AdvPhraseSpec do not usually have (user-set) features AdvPhraseSpec are produced by the createAdverbPhrase method of a PhraseFactory

Version:

4.1

Author:

E. Reiter, University of Aberdeen.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class simplenlg.framework.NLGElement

features

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AdvPhraseSpec(NLGFactory phraseFactory)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
NLGElement	getAdverb()
void	setAdverb(Object adverb) sets the adverb (head) of the phrase

Methods inherited from class simplenlg.framework.PhraseElement

addComplement, addComplement, addFrontModifier, addFrontModifier, addModifier, addPostModifier, addPostModifier, addPreModifier, addPreModifier, clearComplements, getChildren, getFrontModifiers, getHead, getPostModifiers, getPreModifiers, printTree, setComplement, setComplement, setDeterminer, setFrontModifier, setFrontModifier, setHead, setPostModifier, setPostModifier, setPreModifier, setPreModifier

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, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AdvPhraseSpec

public AdvPhraseSpec(NLGFactory phraseFactory)

Method Detail

setAdverb

public void setAdverb(Object adverb)

sets the adverb (head) of the phrase

getAdverb

public NLGElement getAdverb()

Returns:

adverb (head) of phrase