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Lingua::EN::Conjugate

Conjugates English verbs.

Usage

use Lingua::EN::Conjugate;

my $verb = englishverb.new(bare => 'code', forms => <BeIng HaveEn>); for -> $s { for -> $t { $verb.tense = $t; say $verb.conjugate( subject => $s ); } }

my @sentence = conjugate( bare => 'be', subject => 'it', alias => 'this thing', interrogative => True ); say @sentence ~ ' a function ?';

Details

Object & Methods

Object englishverb must be created first with one only conmpulsory parameter bare : String required, Bare form of the verb without the "to"

The object also accepts all the named parameters for method "conjugate" at creation.

Method conjugate returns Array: accepts named parameters : subject : String any of alias : Replace the subject in the ouput array mod : String, any of <will shall may can> tense : String, any of ; "p" = Present, "sp" = Past forms : Array of String, many of = <BeIng BeEn HaveEn>; BeIng = continuous, BeEn = Passive, HaveEn = Perfect negation : Bool default False; shortneg : Bool default False, use the short negation ( ex: [will not] => [won't] ); interrogative : Bool default False, Use interrogative form

Method is-irreg returns Bool, accepts string Tells if passed verb is irregular

Functions-Only

Subroutine "conjugate" accepts named parameter "bare" and all named parameters of the object method

Subroutine "is-irreg" behaves the as object method

Purpose And Notes

Warning, this is not a direct port of the Perl5 "Lingua-EN-Conjugate" module !

Instead of using fixed tense blocks to conjugate an English verb, this module uses notions of "forms" which can be combined. IE: The "Past Perfect Continuous/Progressive" of a verb is in this case, The "Perfect" and "Continuous" forms conbined and evaluated with the "Past Tense"

The notions used by the module: SUBJECT: The sentence's actor, any of . TENSE: The grammatical time of the action. "Time" is a physical notion, "Tense" a grammatical one. English has only 2 "Tense": Past and Present; The "Future" tense is a modality. Two Tenses are aviable: p = Present, sp = Past MODALITY: Allows speakers to evaluate a proposition relative to a set of other propositions (Necessity or Possibility). The "future" (will) stands for a Possibility. Modality is any of <will shall may can> VERB: Conveys an action (bring, read, walk, run, learn), or a state of being (be, exist, stand). VERBAL FORM: Way in which a verb is structured in relation to time, BE+ING = Continuity, non-finite. HAVE+EN: Past event linked to the present, BE+EN: Passive verbal form Modality can be many of <HaveEn BeIng BeEn>

Speculative Todo List

- Short forms for: "I am" "will" "would" etc ... - "be able to" - "used to" - "ought to" - "Explain" method for educational purpose - Multi method with pure grammatical arguments ex: conjugate( tense => "Past Perfect Continuous" )