story.scheherazade.verbalizer
Class VerbalizeNoun

java.lang.Object
  story.scheherazade.verbalizer.VerbalizeNoun

All Implemented Interfaces:

DiscourseCommand, DiscourseExecutable

public class VerbalizeNoun
extends java.lang.Object
implements DiscourseCommand

Constructor Summary

VerbalizeNoun(NamedNoun hypotheticalNoun)
Constructor for a hypothetical noun, one that is divorced from the facts in the actual story.

VerbalizeNoun(NamedNoun hypotheticalNoun, NounPlurality plurality)
Constructor for verbalizing as a noun TYPE (e.g., groups of grapes) by invoking the noun plan.

VerbalizeNoun(NounName nounName, SemanticRole role)
Constructor for a defined noun.

Method Summary

Verbalization	execute(StoryInterpreter story, Style style, VerbalizerState state)
static DiscoursePlan	getResetPronounPlan() Prepare Verbalizer commands that will cause the next few nouns to be introduced without pronoun substition
void	intern()
java.lang.StringBuffer	render()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

VerbalizeNoun

public VerbalizeNoun(NounName nounName,
                     SemanticRole role)
              throws Scheherexception

Constructor for a defined noun.

Parameters:

nounName - The name of the noun.

role - The semantic role that the noun serves in the current verbalization. Pass null if unknown.

Throws:

Scheherexception

VerbalizeNoun

public VerbalizeNoun(NamedNoun hypotheticalNoun)
              throws Scheherexception

Constructor for a hypothetical noun, one that is divorced from the facts in the actual story.

Throws:

Scheherexception

VerbalizeNoun

public VerbalizeNoun(NamedNoun hypotheticalNoun,
                     NounPlurality plurality)
              throws Scheherexception

Constructor for verbalizing as a noun TYPE (e.g., groups of grapes) by invoking the noun plan. Indicate plurality.

Throws:

Scheherexception

Method Detail

render

public java.lang.StringBuffer render()

Specified by:

render in interface DiscourseCommand

Specified by:

render in interface DiscourseExecutable

execute

public Verbalization execute(StoryInterpreter story,
                             Style style,
                             VerbalizerState state)
                      throws Scheherexception

Specified by:

execute in interface DiscourseCommand

Throws:

Scheherexception

getResetPronounPlan

public static DiscoursePlan getResetPronounPlan()
                                         throws Scheherexception

Prepare Verbalizer commands that will cause the next few nouns to be introduced without pronoun substition

Throws:

Scheherexception

intern

public void intern()

Specified by:

intern in interface DiscourseCommand

Specified by:

intern in interface DiscourseExecutable