fido.linguistic
Class SentenceComponents

java.lang.Object
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public class SentenceComponents

extends java.lang.Object

This module will take the Grammar linkages from the Grammar module and place them into in internal class structure. This is the translation from the syntactic form of the sentence to an internal semantic view.

See Also:

Grammar

Constructor Summary

SentenceComponents()
Creates a new SentenceComponents instance.

Method Summary

java.util.Vector

translate(java.util.Vector sentences) Converts the Vector of Link classes from Grammar to an internal structure that represents the sentence.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SentenceComponents

public SentenceComponents()

Creates a new SentenceComponents instance.

Method Detail

translate

public java.util.Vector translate(java.util.Vector sentences)
                           throws FidoException

Converts the Vector of Link classes from Grammar to an internal structure that represents the sentence. The internal structure holds the noun phrases (subject, direct and indirect objects) as well as verb information. Prepositional phrases are attached to the appropriate class.

• Determine if the sentence is a fragment or a full sentence. If the linkage represents a full sentence, the LEFT-WALL will have a V link to the verb of the sentence. A fragment will have an NP link to a noun phrase.
• Depending on the type of clause as determined above, the appropriate implementation of Clause will be created: Sentence or Fragment.
• The Verb, if found, will create a VerbPhrase class and attach to the Sentence class.
• Any adjectives or prepositional phrases modifying the verb are attached to the VerbPhrase.
• Either off of the Verb or the LEFT-WALL, the Nouns will each create a NounPhrase.
• Each Noun may have an Article, multiple Adjectives, and multiple Prepositional Phrases. Each of these will create the appropriate class and attach to the NounPhrase class.
• Each Noun will be linked to the Verb via a Noun type link. Some Noun links in the GrammarLinkList will have a NounType. A SentencePosition will be either Subject, PredicateNoun1, or PredicateNoun2. PredicateNoun1 can be a DirectObject, a PredicateNoun, or an Indirect Object. If PredicateNoun1 is an IndirectObject, PredicateNoun2 will be the DirectObject. The sentence could also have a PredicateAdjective, in which the adjective link in the GrammarLinkList will have a SentencePosition of PredicateAdjective.

Parameters:

sentences - Vector of Vectors each containing one valid linkage. The second Vector contains a list of Link classes, realized from the Grammar module.

Returns:

A Vector of Clauses, each containing the semantic structure for each valid linkage passed in.

Throws:

FidoException - General exception thrown if the linkage could not be processed. The exception will contain a wrapped exception that is the root cause.

See Also:

Clause