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require_relative 'auxiliary'

module Zenlish
  module WClasses
    # The modal verb `can`
    class ModalVerbCan < Auxiliary
      def initialize
        super()
      end

      private

      def init_feature_defs
        super
        # Create standard feature definitions for modal verb can.
        feature_def_dsl {
          feature_def 'TIME' => enumeration(:present, :past_simple)
          feature_def 'PARADIGM' => [identifier, 'Verb_can_inflection'] # 2nd item is default value
        }
      end

      def init_paradigms
        builder = Inflect::InflectionTableBuilder.new
        table = builder.build('Verb_can_inflection') do
          feature_heading 'TIME'
          #     TIME
          rule([equals(:present)     ], literal('can'))
          rule([equals(:past_simple) ], literal('could'))
        end
        add_paradigm(table)
      end
    end # class
  end # module
end # module

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2 entries across 2 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
zenlish-0.2.05	lib/zenlish/wclasses/modal_verb_can.rb
zenlish-0.2.04	lib/zenlish/wclasses/modal_verb_can.rb