zenlish 0.1.10 → 0.1.11

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data/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,9 +1,23 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## [0.1.11] - 2019-10-24
+__Zenlish__ can parse all sentences in lesson 1 and 2-A..2-C from
+ [Learn These Words First](http://learnthesewordsfirst.com/).
+
+ ### Added
+ - Class `ModalVerbCan` to represent the modal verb `can`.
+ - Class `RegularVerbWant` to represent the lexical verb `want`.
+
+ ### Changed
+ - File `zparser_spec.rb`: tests include all sentences from lesson 2-C (98 sentences in total).
+ - `ZenlishGrammar`: added support for `want` + `to` + infinitive construct, `can` modal verb".
+ - File `minimal_lexicon.rb`: new entries in lexicon `can`, `know`, `think`, `want`.
+ - File `README.md` Updated the metrics table
+
 ## [0.1.10] - 2019-10-23
 __Zenlish__ can parse all sentences in lesson 1 and 2-A..2-B from
  [Learn These Words First](http://learnthesewordsfirst.com/).
- 
+
 ### Added
 - Class `ConjunctivePronoun` to represent the conjunctive `what`.
 - Class `IrregularVerbDo` to represent the lexical verb `do`.
@@ -11,13 +25,13 @@ __Zenlish__ can parse all sentences in lesson 1 and 2-A..2-B from
 ### Changed
 - File `zparser_spec.rb`: tests include all sentences from lesson 2-B (87 sentences in total).
 - `ZenlishGrammar`: added support for complex sentence with one dependent clause like: "Something happens to Lisa because Tony does this.".
-- File `minimal_lexicon.rb`: new entries in lexicon `because`, `do`, `happen`, with.
-- File `README.md` Updated the metrics table, added AppVeyor badge
+- File `minimal_lexicon.rb`: new entries in lexicon `because`, `do`, `happen`,`with`.
+- File `README.md` Updated the metrics table
 
 ## [0.1.09] - 2019-10-22
 __Zenlish__ can parse all sentences in lesson 1 and 2-A from
  [Learn These Words First](http://learnthesewordsfirst.com/).
- 
+
 ### Added
 - Class `ConjunctivePronoun` to represent the conjunctive `what`.
 - Class `IrregularVerbHave` to represent the lexical verb `have`.

data/README.md

@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ Litmus test: a Zenlish text should be easy to read to a English reading person.
 
 ### Zenlish as a library (gem)
 Over time, the zenlish gem will contain:
-- A tokenizer (tagging, lemmatizer)
+- A tokenizer (tagging, lemmatizer)[TODO]
 - A lexicon [STARTED]
 - A context-free grammar [STARTED]
 - A parser [STARTED]
-- Feature unification (for number, gender agreement)
-- A simplified ontology
+- Feature unification (for number, gender agreement)[TODO]
+- A simplified ontology[TODO]
 
 
 ### What is the purpose of __Zenlish__ ?
@@ -47,21 +47,22 @@ sentences of the first lesson.
 
 The intent is to deliver gem versions in small increments.
 
-#### Some project metrics (v. 0.1.10)
+#### Some project metrics (v. 0.1.11)
 |Metric|Value|  
 |:-:|:-:|
-| Number of lemmas in lexicon           | 61 |
-| [Coverage 100 commonest English words](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_common_words_in_English)  | 30 |
-| Number of production rules in grammar | 85 |
-| Number of lessons covered             | 10 |
-| Number of sentences in spec files     | 87 |
+| Number of lemmas in lexicon           | 69 |
+| [Coverage 100 commonest English words](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_common_words_in_English)  | 34 |
+| Number of production rules in grammar | 95 |
+| Number of lessons covered             | 11 |
+| Number of sentences in spec files     | 98 |
 
 
 ### Roadmap
 
 Here a tentative roadmap:
 
-#### A) Support vocabulary and sentences from [Learn These Words First](http://learnthesewordsfirst.com/)
+#### A) Ability to parse sentences from [Learn These Words First](http://learnthesewordsfirst.com/)
+*STARTED*. 11% complete  
 This website advocates the idea of a multi-layered dictionary.
 At the core, there are about 300 essential words.  
 The choice of these words is inspired by the semantic primitives of [NSM
@@ -69,12 +70,29 @@ The choice of these words is inspired by the semantic primitives of [NSM
 The essential words are introduced in twelve lessons. Each lesson put the words
 in exemplar sentences and pictures.
 
-The project sub-goals are:
+The milestone sub-goals are:
 - To inject the 300 core words into Zenlish lexicon,
 - Zenlish should be able to parse all the example sentences
-- Also Zenlish should determine the semantics (i.e. meaning) of the sentences
 
-#### B) Capability to read a complete book
+#### B) Associate lexical features to terms in lexicon
+The sub-goals are:
+- To enrich the lexicon entries with lexical and syntactical features.
+- Zenlish should be able to derive the declensions of nouns, conjugation of verbs,
+- Also Zenlish should detect agreement errors
+- Ideally, Zenlish should have a lemmatizer
+
+#### C) Enrich lexicon entries with semantical features and relationships
+The sub-goals are:
+- To enrich the lexicon entries with lexical and syntactical features.
+- Zenlish should be able to derive the declensions of nouns, conjugation of verbs,
+- Also Zenlish should detect agreement errors
+
+#### D) Build a generic ontology and map Zenlish text to it.
+The sub-goals are:
+- To have a simplified ontology that covers the concepts covered in the lesson sentences.
+- Hopefully Zenlish should be answer to queries related to the lesson sentences.
+
+#### E) Capability to parse a complete book
 A good candidate book is "The Edge of the Sky" by Roberto Trotta (ISBN 978-0-465-04471-9 : hardcover, ISBN 978-0-465-04490-0 : ebook).  
 Professor Trotta challenged himself by writing a book on Cosmology with the 1000 most used words. More details [here](http://robertotrotta.com/the-edge-of-the-sky/).
 
@@ -82,7 +100,7 @@ In order to achieve this goal, Zenlish should:
 - Incorporate the 1000 words in its lexicon
 - Have a grammar that allows the parsing of the sentences in the book.
 
-#### C) Capability to interpret the meaning of a complete book
+#### F) Capability to interpret the meaning of a complete book
 Probably, far-fetched. But it will be nice to launch query to Zenlish to check if
 it has some understanding of the text it reads (i.e. has a semantic representation).
 

data/lib/zenlish/lex/empty_lexicon_factory.rb

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module Zenlish
         aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::AdverbNot.new.freeze)
         aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::AdverbThere.new.freeze)
         aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::AuxiliaryBe.new.freeze)
-        aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::AuxiliaryDo.new.freeze)        
+        aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::AuxiliaryDo.new.freeze)
         aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::Cardinal.new.freeze)
         aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::CommonNoun.new.freeze)
         aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::ComparativeParticle.new.freeze)
@@ -28,21 +28,23 @@ module Zenlish
         aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::DegreeAdverb.new.freeze)
         aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::DemonstrativeDeterminer.new.freeze)
         aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::ConjunctivePronoun.new.freeze)
-        aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::DemonstrativePronoun.new.freeze)        
+        aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::DemonstrativePronoun.new.freeze)
         aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::IndefinitePronoun.new.freeze)
         aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::IrregularVerb.new.freeze)
         aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::IrregularVerbBe.new.freeze)
-        aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::IrregularVerbDo.new.freeze)        
-        aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::IrregularVerbHave.new.freeze)        
-        aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::IrregularVerbSay.new.freeze)         
-        aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::LinkingAdverb.new.freeze)        
+        aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::IrregularVerbDo.new.freeze)
+        aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::IrregularVerbHave.new.freeze)
+        aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::IrregularVerbSay.new.freeze)
+        aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::LinkingAdverb.new.freeze)
+        aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::ModalVerbCan.new.freeze)
         aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::Preposition.new.freeze)
-        aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::PrepositionOf.new.freeze)        
-        aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::PrepositionThan.new.freeze) 
-        aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::RegularVerb.new.freeze)         
+        aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::PrepositionOf.new.freeze)
+        aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::PrepositionThan.new.freeze)
+        aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::RegularVerb.new.freeze)
+        aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::RegularVerbWant.new.freeze)
         aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::ProperNoun.new.freeze)
         aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::IndefiniteQuantifier.new.freeze)
-        aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::SubordinatingConjunction.new.freeze)        
+        aLexicon.add_terminal(WClasses::SubordinatingConjunction.new.freeze)
       end
 
       def add_punctuation(aLexicon)

data/lib/zenlish/parser/zenlish_grammar.rb

@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ builder = Rley::Syntax::GrammarBuilder.new do
 
   rule 'language' => 'sentence'
   rule 'sentence' => 'simple_sentence Period'
-  rule 'sentence' => 'complex_sentence Period'  
+  rule 'sentence' => 'complex_sentence Period'
   rule 'simple_sentence' => 'declarative_simple_sentence'
   rule 'complex_sentence' => 'main_clause subordination_marker dependent_clause'
+  rule 'complex_sentence' => 'main_clause Comma subordination_marker dependent_clause'
   rule 'complex_sentence' => 'subordination_marker dependent_clause Comma main_clause'
   rule 'complex_sentence' => 'subordination_marker dependent_clause Comma LinkingAdverb main_clause'
   rule 'subordination_marker' => 'SubordinatingConjunction'
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ builder = Rley::Syntax::GrammarBuilder.new do
   rule 'negative_sentence' => 'noun_phrase negative_verb_phrase'
   rule 'negative_sentence' => 'AdverbThere negative_verb_phrase'
   rule 'negative_sentence' => 'numeral_of negative_verb_phrase'
+  rule 'negative_sentence' => 'DemonstrativePronoun IrregularVerbBe AdverbNot verb_be_complement'
   rule 'negative_sentence' => 'conjunctive_prefix negative_verb_phrase'
   rule 'conjunctive_prefix' => 'ConjunctivePronoun noun_phrase verb_phrase'
   rule 'noun_phrase' => 'simple_noun_phrase'
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ builder = Rley::Syntax::GrammarBuilder.new do
   rule 'simple_noun_phrase' => 'determiner nominal'
   rule 'simple_noun_phrase' => 'numeral nominal'
   rule 'simple_noun_phrase' => 'determiner numeral nominal'
+  rule 'simple_noun_phrase' => 'simple_noun_phrase noun_phrase verb_phrase'
 
   # Case: (all|many|some) one of (this|these)
   rule 'simple_noun_phrase' => 'subset_of noun_phrase'
@@ -66,10 +69,14 @@ builder = Rley::Syntax::GrammarBuilder.new do
   rule 'verb_phrase' => 'verb_group'
   rule 'verb_phrase' => 'verb_group verb_complement'
   rule 'verb_phrase' => 'RegularVerb propositional_phrase'
+  rule 'verb_phrase' => 'RegularVerbWant Preposition verb_group'
+  rule 'verb_phrase' => 'RegularVerbWant Preposition verb_group noun_phrase'
   rule 'verb_phrase' => 'IrregularVerbDo DemonstrativePronoun'
+  rule 'verb_phrase' => 'ModalVerbCan verb_group DemonstrativePronoun'
   rule 'verb_phrase' => 'IrregularVerbBe verb_be_complement'
   rule 'verb_phrase' => 'IrregularVerbSay Colon Quote affirmative_sentence Period Quote'
   rule 'verb_complement' => 'noun_phrase'
+  rule 'verb_complement' => 'noun_phrase IrregularVerbBe verb_be_complement'
   rule 'verb_complement' => 'adverb_phrase'
   rule 'verb_complement' => 'noun_phrase adverb_phrase'
   rule 'verb_be_complement' => 'noun_phrase'
@@ -80,13 +87,17 @@ builder = Rley::Syntax::GrammarBuilder.new do
   rule 'adjective_as_complement' => 'Adjective comparative_clause'
   rule 'negative_verb_phrase' => 'IrregularVerbBe AdverbNot verb_be_complement'
   rule 'negative_verb_phrase' => 'AuxiliaryDo AdverbNot verb_phrase'
+  # rule 'negative_verb_phrase' => 'ModalVerbCan AdverbNot verb_phrase'
+  rule 'negative_verb_phrase' => 'ModalVerbCan AdverbNot verb_group DemonstrativePronoun'
   rule 'verb_group' => 'lexical_verb'
   rule 'verb_group' => 'AuxiliaryBe lexical_verb'
+  rule 'verb_group' => 'ModalVerbCan lexical_verb'
   rule 'lexical_verb' => 'RegularVerb'
+  rule 'lexical_verb' => 'RegularVerbWant'
   rule 'lexical_verb' => 'IrregularVerb'
   rule 'lexical_verb' => 'IrregularVerbBe'
-  rule 'lexical_verb' => 'IrregularVerbDo'  
-  rule 'lexical_verb' => 'IrregularVerbHave'  
+  rule 'lexical_verb' => 'IrregularVerbDo'
+  rule 'lexical_verb' => 'IrregularVerbHave'
   rule 'lexical_verb' => 'IrregularVerbSay'
   rule 'numeral' => 'Cardinal'
   rule 'comparative_clause' => 'comparative_start noun_phrase'
@@ -100,7 +111,7 @@ builder = Rley::Syntax::GrammarBuilder.new do
   rule 'propositional_phrase' => 'preposition'
   rule 'propositional_complement' => 'noun_phrase'
   rule 'preposition' => 'Preposition'
-  rule 'preposition' => 'PrepositionOf'  
+  rule 'preposition' => 'PrepositionOf'
 end
 
 

data/lib/zenlish/version.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Zenlish
-  VERSION = '0.1.10'
+  VERSION = '0.1.11'
 end

data/lib/zenlish/wclasses/all_word_classes.rb

@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ require_relative 'demonstrative_pronoun'
 require_relative 'indefinite_pronoun'
 require_relative 'indefinite_quantifier'
 require_relative 'linking_adverb'
+require_relative 'modal_verb_can'
 require_relative 'preposition'
 require_relative 'preposition_of'
 require_relative 'preposition_than'
 require_relative 'regular_verb'
+require_relative 'regular_verb_want'
 require_relative 'subordinating_conjunction'

data/lib/zenlish/wclasses/modal_verb_can.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+require_relative 'auxiliary'
+
+module Zenlish
+  module WClasses
+    # The modal verb `can`
+    class ModalVerbCan < Auxiliary
+    end # class
+  end # module
+end # module

data/lib/zenlish/wclasses/regular_verb_want.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+require_relative 'regular_verb'
+
+module Zenlish
+  module WClasses
+    # The `want` verb like `need` allow the construct:
+    # want + to + infinitive or progressive.
+    class RegularVerbWant < IrregularVerb
+    end # class
+  end # module
+end # module

data/spec/zenlish/parser/zparser_spec.rb

@@ -36,11 +36,13 @@ module Zenlish
       literal2var('all', 'all')
       literal2var('another', 'another')
       def are ;     Lex::Literal.new('are', get_lexeme('be', WClasses::IrregularVerbBe), 0) ; end
+      literal2var('as', 'as')
       literal2var('because', 'because')
       literal2var('big', 'big')
       literal2var('big', 'bigger')
-      literal2var('as', 'as')
+      literal2var('can', 'can')
       literal2var('of', 'of')
+      def do_ ; Lex::Literal.new('do', get_lexeme('do', WClasses::IrregularVerbDo), 0) ; end
       def does ; Lex::Literal.new('does', get_lexeme('do', WClasses::IrregularVerbDo), 0) ; end
       def does_aux ; Lex::Literal.new('does', get_lexeme('do', WClasses::AuxiliaryDo), 0) ; end
       literal2var('false', 'false', '_')
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ module Zenlish
       def is ;     Lex::Literal.new('is', get_lexeme('be', WClasses::IrregularVerbBe), 0) ; end
       def is_aux ; Lex::Literal.new('is', get_lexeme('be', WClasses::AuxiliaryBe), 0) ; end
       literal2var('kind', 'kind')
+      literal2var('know', 'knows')
       literal2var('like', 'like')
       literal2var('Lisa', 'Lisa')
       literal2var('living', 'living')
@@ -85,6 +88,7 @@ module Zenlish
       literal2var('there', 'there')
       literal2var('thing', 'thing')
       literal2var('thing', 'things')
+      literal2var('think', 'thinks')
       def these ; Lex::Literal.new('these', get_lexeme('this', WClasses::DemonstrativeDeterminer), 0) ; end
       def these_as_pronoun ; Lex::Literal.new('these', get_lexeme('this', WClasses::DemonstrativePronoun), 0) ; end
       def this ; Lex::Literal.new('this', get_lexeme('this', WClasses::DemonstrativeDeterminer), 0) ; end
@@ -96,6 +100,7 @@ module Zenlish
       literal2var('true', 'true', '_')
       literal2var('two', 'two')
       literal2var('very', 'very')
+      literal2var('want', 'wants')
       literal2var('what', 'what')
       literal2var('with', 'with')
       literal2var('word', 'words')
@@ -455,7 +460,9 @@ module Zenlish
           # Sentence 2-03b: "Tony is touching the other part."
           literals = [tony, is_aux, touching, the, other, part, dot]
           expect { subject.parse(literals) }.not_to raise_error
+        end
 
+        it 'should parse sample sentences from lesson 2-B' do
           # Sentence 2-04a: "Lisa does something."
           literals = [lisa, does, something, dot]
           expect { subject.parse(literals) }.not_to raise_error
@@ -487,20 +494,74 @@ module Zenlish
           # Sentence 2-06b: "Something happens to Lisa because of this."
           literals = [something, happens, to, lisa, because, of, this_as_pronoun, dot]
           expect { subject.parse(literals) }.not_to raise_error
-          
+
           # Sentence 2-06c: "Something happens to Lisa because Tony does this."
           literals = [something, happens, to, lisa, because, tony, does, this_as_pronoun, dot]
-          expect { subject.parse(literals) }.not_to raise_error          
-          
+          expect { subject.parse(literals) }.not_to raise_error
+
           # Sentence 2-06: "Something happens to this living thing."
           literals = [something, happens, to, this, living, thing, dot]
           expect { subject.parse(literals) }.not_to raise_error
         end
+
+        it 'should parse sample sentences from lesson 2-C' do
+          # Sentence 2-07a: "Lisa thinks Tony is inside this thing."
+          literals = [lisa, thinks, tony, is, inside, this, thing, dot]
+          expect { subject.parse(literals) }.not_to raise_error
+
+          # Sentence 2-07b: "Lisa thinks something about Tony."
+          literals = [lisa, thinks, something, about, tony, dot]
+          expect { subject.parse(literals) }.not_to raise_error
+
+          # Sentence 2-08a: "Tony knows Lisa is inside this thing, because Tony sees Lisa inside."
+          literals = [tony, knows, lisa, is, inside, this, thing, comma,
+            because, tony, sees, lisa, inside, dot]
+          expect { subject.parse(literals) }.not_to raise_error
+
+          # Sentence 2-08b: "Tony knows something about Lisa."
+          literals = [tony, knows, something, about, lisa, dot]
+          expect { subject.parse(literals) }.not_to raise_error
+
+          # Sentence 2-09a: "Tony wants this thing."
+          literals = [tony, wants, this, thing, dot]
+          expect { subject.parse(literals) }.not_to raise_error
+
+          # Sentence 2-09b: "Tony wants to have this thing."
+          literals = [tony, wants, to, have, this, thing, dot]
+          expect { subject.parse(literals) }.not_to raise_error
+
+          # Sentence 2-10a: "Tony wants to do something."
+          literals = [tony, wants, to, do_, something, dot]
+          expect { subject.parse(literals) }.not_to raise_error
+
+          # Sentence 2-10b: "Lisa wants to do the same thing."
+          literals = [lisa, wants, to, do_, the, same, thing, dot]
+          expect { subject.parse(literals) }.not_to raise_error
+
+          # Sentence 2-10c: "Tony can do this."
+          literals = [tony, can, do_, this_as_pronoun, dot]
+          expect { subject.parse(literals) }.not_to raise_error
+
+          # Sentence 2-10d: "This is not something Lisa can do."
+          literals = [this_as_pronoun, is, not_, something, lisa, can, do_, dot]
+          expect { subject.parse(literals) }.not_to raise_error
+
+          # Sentence 2-10e: "Lisa cannot do this."
+          literals = [lisa, can, not_, do_, this_as_pronoun, dot]
+          expect { subject.parse(literals) }.not_to raise_error
+        end
 =begin
 TODO
 Lesson 2.A
 	Xtra:
 		What Tony has is like what Lisa has.
+
+Lesson 2.C
+
+	Xtra:
+		Tony knows Lisa has something, because Tony sees what Lisa has.
+		Tony thinks about what Lisa has, because Tony want to have the same kind of thing.
+
 =end
       end # context
     end # describe

data/spec/zenlish/support/minimal_lexicon.rb

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ preposition = $ZenlishLexicon.name2terminal['Preposition']
 preposition_of = $ZenlishLexicon.name2terminal['PrepositionOf']
 preposition_than = $ZenlishLexicon.name2terminal['PrepositionThan']
 regular_verb = $ZenlishLexicon.name2terminal['RegularVerb']
+regular_verb_want = $ZenlishLexicon.name2terminal['RegularVerbWant']
 irregular_verb = $ZenlishLexicon.name2terminal['IrregularVerb']
 irregular_verb_be = $ZenlishLexicon.name2terminal['IrregularVerbBe']
 irregular_verb_do = $ZenlishLexicon.name2terminal['IrregularVerbDo']
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ definite_article = $ZenlishLexicon.name2terminal['DefiniteArticle']
 cardinal = $ZenlishLexicon.name2terminal['Cardinal']
 comparative_particle = $ZenlishLexicon.name2terminal['ComparativeParticle']
 indefinite_quantifier = $ZenlishLexicon.name2terminal['IndefiniteQuantifier']
+modal_verb_can = $ZenlishLexicon.name2terminal['ModalVerbCan']
 subordinating_conjunction = $ZenlishLexicon.name2terminal['SubordinatingConjunction']
 
 colon = $ZenlishLexicon.name2terminal['Colon']
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ add_entry('be', auxiliary_be)
 add_entry('be', irregular_verb_be)
 add_entry('because', subordinating_conjunction)
 add_entry('big', adjective)
+add_entry('can', modal_verb_can)
 add_entry('do', auxiliary_do)
 add_entry('do', irregular_verb_do)
 add_entry('false', adjective)
@@ -64,11 +67,12 @@ add_entry('far', adverb)
 add_entry('from', preposition)
 add_entry('have', irregular_verb_have)
 add_entry('happen', regular_verb)
-add_entry('hear', irregular_verb) 
+add_entry('hear', irregular_verb)
 add_entry('if', subordinating_conjunction)
 add_entry('in', preposition)
 add_entry('inside', preposition)
 add_entry('kind', common_noun)
+add_entry('know', irregular_verb)
 add_entry('like', preposition)
 add_entry('Lisa', proper_noun)
 add_entry('living', adjective)
@@ -96,6 +100,7 @@ add_entry('the', definite_article)
 add_entry('then', linking_adverb)
 add_entry('there', adverb_there)
 add_entry('thing', common_noun)
+add_entry('think', irregular_verb)
 add_entry('this', demonstrative_determiner)
 add_entry('this', demonstrative_pronoun)
 add_entry('this one', demonstrative_pronoun)
@@ -105,6 +110,7 @@ add_entry('touch', regular_verb)
 add_entry('true', adjective)
 add_entry('two', cardinal)
 add_entry('very', degree_adverb)
+add_entry('want', regular_verb_want)
 add_entry('what',conjunctive_pronoun)
 add_entry('with',preposition)
 add_entry('word', common_noun)

metadata

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
 name: zenlish
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
-  version: 0.1.10
+  version: 0.1.11
 platform: ruby
 authors:
 - Dimitri Geshef
 autorequire: 
 bindir: exe
 cert_chain: []
-date: 2019-10-23 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+date: 2019-10-24 00:00:00.000000000 Z
 dependencies:
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: rley
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ files:
 - lib/zenlish/wclasses/irregular_verb_say.rb
 - lib/zenlish/wclasses/lexical_verb.rb
 - lib/zenlish/wclasses/linking_adverb.rb
+- lib/zenlish/wclasses/modal_verb_can.rb
 - lib/zenlish/wclasses/noun.rb
 - lib/zenlish/wclasses/numeral.rb
 - lib/zenlish/wclasses/preposition.rb
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ files:
 - lib/zenlish/wclasses/pronoun.rb
 - lib/zenlish/wclasses/proper_noun.rb
 - lib/zenlish/wclasses/regular_verb.rb
+- lib/zenlish/wclasses/regular_verb_want.rb
 - lib/zenlish/wclasses/subordinating_conjunction.rb
 - lib/zenlish/wclasses/test_hierarchy.rb
 - lib/zenlish/wclasses/verb.rb