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  • tense.js

  • ¶ 
    'use strict';
  • ¶

    change a sentence to past, present, or future tense

    const pos = require('./pos/parts_of_speech.js');
  • ¶

    conjugate a specific verb

    const flip = function(t, tense) {
  if (tense === 'present') {
    t.to_present();
  } else if (tense === 'past') {
    t.to_past();
  } else if (tense === 'future') {
    t.to_future();
  }
  return t;
};

const change_tense = function(s, tense) {
  • ¶

    convert all verbs

      s.terms.forEach(function(t) {
    if (t instanceof pos.Verb) {
      flip(t, tense);
    }
  });
  return s;
};
  • ¶

    [ ‘john walks to the church’, ‘john walks and feeds the birds’, ‘john always walks’, ‘will you walk?’, ];

    
module.exports = change_tense;