simplenlg.phrasespec

Class PPPhraseSpec

java.lang.Object

simplenlg.framework.NLGElement

simplenlg.framework.PhraseElement

simplenlg.phrasespec.PPPhraseSpec

public class PPPhraseSpec
extends PhraseElement

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

From an API perspective, this class is a simplified version of the PPPhraseSpec 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:

• Preposition (eg, "in")
• Object (eg, "the shop")

NOTE: PPPhraseSpec do not usually have modifiers or (user-set) features PPPhraseSpec are produced by the createPrepositionalPhrase 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
PPPhraseSpec(NLGFactory phraseFactory)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
NLGElement	getObject()
NLGElement	getPreposition()
void	setObject(Object object) Sets the object of a PP
void	setPreposition(Object preposition) sets the preposition (head) of a prepositional 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

PPPhraseSpec

public PPPhraseSpec(NLGFactory phraseFactory)

Method Detail

setPreposition

public void setPreposition(Object preposition)

sets the preposition (head) of a prepositional phrase

getPreposition

public NLGElement getPreposition()

Returns:

preposition (head) of prepositional phrase

setObject

public void setObject(Object object)

Sets the object of a PP

getObject

public NLGElement getObject()

Returns:

object of PP (assume only one)