Lingua::EN::Conjugate

Conjugates English verbs.

SYNOPSIS

use Lingua::EN::Conjugate;

my $verb = englishverb.new(bare => 'code', forms => <BeIng HaveEn>);
for < I you he she it we you they > -> $s {
  for < p sp > -> $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 ?';

DESCRIPTION

Object englishverb must be created first with one only compulsory 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

• tense : String, any of

  ; "p" = Present, "sp" = Past

• forms : Array of String, many of = ; 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

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 Perl "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 combined 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 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

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" )

AUTHOR

Nuguet Romuald

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

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