Add native El NLG system: morphology, vocabulary, grammar, realizer

Implements a complete natural language generation stack in El:
- morphology.el: English pluralization, verb conjugation (40+ irregulars), determiner agreement
- vocabulary.el: inline seed lexicon (~100 entries: pronouns, nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.)
- grammar.el: CFG rules (S/NP/VP/PP), slot-map driven tree generator, s-expression renderer
- realizer.el: semantic form -> English text with tense/aspect/agreement, do-support for questions
- nlg.el: JSON-driven public API tying all modules together
- tests/run.sh: acceptance corpus runner (6 tests, all passing)
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// realizer.el - Syntactic realizer: semantic form -> English text.
//
// Takes a SemanticForm (represented as a [String] slot map) and produces
// a well-formed English sentence, handling:
// - verb conjugation (tense, aspect, person/number agreement)
// - do-support for questions
// - progressive and perfect aspect periphrasis
// - determiner-noun agreement (a/an)
// - capitalization and final punctuation
//
// Depends on: morphology (verb_form, agree_determiner)
// grammar (generate_tree, render_tree, slots_*, build_np, build_pp, etc.)
// Semantic form slot keys
//
// intent - "assert" | "question" | "command"
// agent - subject referent string (pronoun or "det noun" phrase)
// predicate - verb base form
// patient - object referent string (optional)
// location - prepositional phrase string, e.g. "in the park" (optional)
// tense - "present" | "past" | "future"
// aspect - "simple" | "progressive" | "perfect"
//
// Additional computed slots used internally:
// agent_person - "first" | "second" | "third"
// agent_number - "singular" | "plural"
// verb_surf - conjugated verb surface form
// aux_surf - conjugated auxiliary surface form
// Agent agreement analysis
fn agent_person(agent: String) -> String {
if str_eq(agent, "I") { return "first" }
if str_eq(agent, "me") { return "first" }
if str_eq(agent, "we") { return "first" }
if str_eq(agent, "us") { return "first" }
if str_eq(agent, "you") { return "second" }
return "third"
}
fn agent_number(agent: String) -> String {
if str_eq(agent, "I") { return "singular" }
if str_eq(agent, "me") { return "singular" }
if str_eq(agent, "he") { return "singular" }
if str_eq(agent, "him") { return "singular" }
if str_eq(agent, "she") { return "singular" }
if str_eq(agent, "her") { return "singular" }
if str_eq(agent, "it") { return "singular" }
if str_eq(agent, "you") { return "singular" }
if str_eq(agent, "we") { return "plural" }
if str_eq(agent, "us") { return "plural" }
if str_eq(agent, "they") { return "plural" }
if str_eq(agent, "them") { return "plural" }
// For noun phrases: check for plural determiner or known plural nouns
// Default to singular for simple noun phrases
return "singular"
}
// NP realization
fn realize_np(referent: String, number: String) -> String {
return referent
}
// VP realization
//
// Returns the surface verb string (possibly with auxiliary) for a VP.
// aspect: "simple" | "progressive" | "perfect"
// tense: "present" | "past" | "future"
// person: "first" | "second" | "third"
// number: "singular" | "plural"
// Returns [main_verb_surface, aux_surface_or_empty]
fn realize_vp(base_verb: String, tense: String, aspect: String, person: String, number: String) -> [String] {
let empty_aux: String = ""
// future: will + base
if str_eq(tense, "future") {
let result: [String] = native_list_empty()
let result = native_list_append(result, base_verb)
let result = native_list_append(result, "will")
return result
}
// progressive: be + gerund
if str_eq(aspect, "progressive") {
let gerund: String = verb_form(base_verb, "progressive", person, number)
// be auxiliary conjugated for tense
let be_aux: String = verb_form("be", tense, person, number)
let result: [String] = native_list_empty()
let result = native_list_append(result, gerund)
let result = native_list_append(result, be_aux)
return result
}
// perfect: have + past participle
if str_eq(aspect, "perfect") {
let pp: String = verb_form(base_verb, "perfect", person, number)
// have auxiliary conjugated for tense+agreement
let have_form: String = verb_form("have", tense, person, number)
let result: [String] = native_list_empty()
let result = native_list_append(result, pp)
let result = native_list_append(result, have_form)
return result
}
// simple
let surf: String = verb_form(base_verb, tense, person, number)
let result: [String] = native_list_empty()
let result = native_list_append(result, surf)
let result = native_list_append(result, empty_aux)
return result
}
// Do-support for questions
//
// "Do you see the dog?" uses do-support for non-be verbs in simple aspect.
// Returns [do_aux_surface, bare_verb_base]
fn realize_do_support(base_verb: String, tense: String, person: String, number: String) -> [String] {
// For "be" verbs: invert directly, no do-support
if str_eq(base_verb, "be") {
let be_form: String = verb_form("be", tense, person, number)
let result: [String] = native_list_empty()
let result = native_list_append(result, be_form)
let result = native_list_append(result, "")
return result
}
// For modal/have-perfect: invert the auxiliary directly
// For simple tense: do-support
let do_form: String = verb_form("do", tense, person, number)
let result: [String] = native_list_empty()
let result = native_list_append(result, do_form)
let result = native_list_append(result, base_verb)
return result
}
// Capitalization and punctuation
fn capitalize_first(s: String) -> String {
let n: Int = str_len(s)
if n == 0 {
return s
}
let first: String = str_slice(s, 0, 1)
let rest: String = str_slice(s, 1, n)
return str_to_upper(first) + rest
}
fn add_punct(s: String, intent: String) -> String {
if str_eq(intent, "question") {
return s + "?"
}
if str_eq(intent, "command") {
return s + "."
}
return s + "."
}
// Main realization
fn realize(form: [String]) -> String {
let intent: String = slots_get(form, "intent")
let agent: String = slots_get(form, "agent")
let predicate: String = slots_get(form, "predicate")
let patient: String = slots_get(form, "patient")
let location: String = slots_get(form, "location")
let tense_raw: String = slots_get(form, "tense")
let aspect_raw: String = slots_get(form, "aspect")
let tense: String = tense_raw
if str_eq(tense, "") {
let tense = "present"
}
let aspect: String = aspect_raw
if str_eq(aspect, "") {
let aspect = "simple"
}
let person: String = agent_person(agent)
let number: String = agent_number(agent)
// Command (imperative)
if str_eq(intent, "command") {
let parts: [String] = native_list_empty()
let parts = native_list_append(parts, predicate)
if !str_eq(patient, "") {
let parts = native_list_append(parts, patient)
}
if !str_eq(location, "") {
let parts = native_list_append(parts, location)
}
let sentence: String = str_join(parts, " ")
return add_punct(capitalize_first(sentence), "command")
}
// Question (yes/no)
if str_eq(intent, "question") {
let do_pair: [String] = realize_do_support(predicate, tense, person, number)
let aux_surf: String = native_list_get(do_pair, 0)
let verb_bare: String = native_list_get(do_pair, 1)
// For progressive/perfect questions, use the aspect auxiliary instead
let use_verb: String = verb_bare
let use_aux: String = aux_surf
if str_eq(aspect, "progressive") {
let vp_pair: [String] = realize_vp(predicate, tense, "progressive", person, number)
let gerund: String = native_list_get(vp_pair, 0)
let be_aux: String = native_list_get(vp_pair, 1)
let use_aux = be_aux
let use_verb = gerund
}
if str_eq(aspect, "perfect") {
let vp_pair: [String] = realize_vp(predicate, tense, "perfect", person, number)
let pp: String = native_list_get(vp_pair, 0)
let have_aux: String = native_list_get(vp_pair, 1)
let use_aux = have_aux
let use_verb = pp
}
// Build: Aux Agent Verb [Patient] [Location] ?
let parts: [String] = native_list_empty()
let parts = native_list_append(parts, use_aux)
let parts = native_list_append(parts, agent)
if str_eq(use_verb, "") {
// be inversion: Aux already is the be form, no separate verb
} else {
let parts = native_list_append(parts, use_verb)
}
if !str_eq(patient, "") {
let parts = native_list_append(parts, patient)
}
if !str_eq(location, "") {
let parts = native_list_append(parts, location)
}
let sentence: String = str_join(parts, " ")
return add_punct(capitalize_first(sentence), "question")
}
// Assertion (declarative)
let vp_pair: [String] = realize_vp(predicate, tense, aspect, person, number)
let verb_surf: String = native_list_get(vp_pair, 0)
let aux_surf: String = native_list_get(vp_pair, 1)
let parts: [String] = native_list_empty()
let parts = native_list_append(parts, agent)
if !str_eq(aux_surf, "") {
let parts = native_list_append(parts, aux_surf)
}
let parts = native_list_append(parts, verb_surf)
if !str_eq(patient, "") {
let parts = native_list_append(parts, patient)
}
if !str_eq(location, "") {
let parts = native_list_append(parts, location)
}
let sentence: String = str_join(parts, " ")
return add_punct(capitalize_first(sentence), "assert")
}