edu.northwestern.at.morphadorner.corpuslinguistics.inflector.conjugator

Interface Conjugator

All Known Subinterfaces:

Inflector

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultConjugator, DefaultInflector, EnglishConjugator, EnglishInflector, NoopConjugator, NoopInflector

public interface Conjugator

Defines an interface for conjugating a verb..

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	conjugate(java.lang.String infinitive, VerbTense tense, Person person) Conjugate a verb from its lemma (infinitive), tense, and person.

Method Detail

conjugate

java.lang.String conjugate(java.lang.String infinitive,
                         VerbTense tense,
                         Person person)

Conjugate a verb from its lemma (infinitive), tense, and person.

Parameters:

infinitive - The infinitive of the verb to inflect.

tense - The verb tense to generate.

person - The person (1st, 2nd, 3rd) to generate.

Returns:

The conjugated form of the verb.