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* @file EnglishParser.cpp
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* @author Jacky Alcine <jackyalcine@gmail.com>
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* @created February 10, 2011, 12:07 AM
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* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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* modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
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* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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* version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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* Library General Public License for more details.
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
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* License along with this library; if not, write to the
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* Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
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* Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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#ifndef WINTERMUTE_LINGUISTICS_ENGLISHPARSER_HPP
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# define WINTERMUTE_LINGUISTICS_ENGLISHPARSER_HPP
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# include <wintermute-linguistics.hpp>
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namespace Wintermute {
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namespace Linguistics {
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using namespace Wintermute::Linguistics;
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* @description Represents a parser that understands a set of English syntax,
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class EnglishParser : public Parser {
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* @description Creates a new English parser.
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* @description Returns the locale of this parser.
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* @return string The locale of the parser; defaults to 'en'.
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virtual const string getLocale ( ) const;
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* @note This will always return a space.
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* @description Determines the separator used to represent a break between words.
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* @return char A character representing a space.
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virtual char getTextSeparator ( ) const;
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* @description Generates the preliminary information of the syntactical tree to be formed from a set of tokens.
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* @param StringVector The tokens to parse.
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* @return SyntacticBranch The tree of nodes representing every possible path of interpretation for this node.
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virtual SyntacticBranch generateSyntactics ( const StringVector& );
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* @description Generates a Phrase from a said node at a specific position in a sentence.
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* @param NodeVector::iterator The position of the node to be the 'head' node of the phrase.
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* @param NodeVector The entire vector of nodes.
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* @return A pointer to the Phrase formed, or NULL.
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virtual Phrase* formPhrase ( const NodeVector::iterator& , NodeVector& );
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* @description Generates a SyntacticLink from a phrase to another phrase.
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* @param PhraseVector::iterator The position of the phrase to be considered.
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* @param PhraseVector The entire vector of phrases.
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* @return A pointer to the Link formed, or NULL.
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virtual SyntacticLink* formSyntacticLink ( const PhraseVector::iterator& , PhraseVector& );
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* @note This function does nothing at the moment, only will come to use as the ontology grows.
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* @description Does prerequeiste work on each node; such as connecting them to concepts or instances within the ontology; a sort of 'late binding'.
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* @param The PhraseVector to iterate over and connect.
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virtual void doPreparsingWork ( PhraseVector& );
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* @note This is the most interestingly complex method of them all.
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* @descripion Interprets and, if needed, carries out the tasks described by a sentence.
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* @param The LinkVector to iterate over and interpret.
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virtual void interpretLinks ( const LinkVector& );
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#endif /* WINTERMUTE_LINGUISTICS_ENGLISHPARSER_HPP */
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