From 0778e2e49797ec52615980a087d3320e0f480fd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aarne Ranta <aarne@chalmers.se>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 08:45:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Python example of inflection

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+# examples of morphology
+
+# Latin noun inflection
+
+# features
+
+Number = ['Sg', 'Pl']
+Case = ['Nom', 'Acc', 'Gen', 'Dat', 'Abl']
+Gender = ['Masc', 'Fem']
+
+
+# a paradigm: the first declension
+
+def decl1(rosa, n, c):
+    ros = rosa[:-1]
+    match (n, c):
+        case ('Sg', ('Nom'|'Abl')):
+            return ros + 'a'
+        case ('Sg', 'Acc'):
+            return ros + 'am'
+        case ('Sg', ('Gen'|'Dat')) | ('Pl', 'Nom'):
+            return ros + 'ae'
+        case ('Pl', 'Gen'):
+            return ros + 'arum'
+        case ('Pl', ('Dat'|'Abl')):
+            return ros + 'is'
+
+
+# inflection table as a dictionary
+
+def noun_dict(decl, noun):
+    return {n: {c: decl(noun, n, c) for c in Case} for n in Number}
+
+
+# lexical entry: inflection table together with inherent features
+
+rosa_N = {'infl': noun_dict(decl1, 'rosa'), 'gender': 'Fem'}
+
+mensa_N = {'infl': noun_dict(decl1, 'mensa'), 'gender': 'Fem'}
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print(rosa_N)
+    print(mensa_N)
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/python/other_examples/inflection.py~ b/python/other_examples/inflection.py~
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+-- Latin noun inflection
+