ImplicitAnnouncementContextclass

Implicit action context. This is passed to the message methods that generate implicit action announcements, to indicate the context in which the message is to be used.

class ImplicitAnnouncementContext : object

Superclass Tree (in declaration order)

ImplicitAnnouncementContext
` object`

Subclass Tree

ImplicitAnnouncementContext
ListImpCtx

Global Objects

standardImpCtx tryingImpCtx

Summary of Properties

getVerbCtx isInList isInSublist useInfPhrase

Summary of Methods

buildImplicitAnnouncement

Properties

getVerbCtx

en_us.t[8026]

our getVerbPhrase context - by default, don’t use one

isInList

en_us.t[8016]

is this message going in a list?

isInSublist

en_us.t[8023]

Are we in a sublist of ‘just trying’ or ‘just asking’ messages? (We can only have sublist groupings one level deep, so we don’t need to worry about what kind of sublist we’re in.)

useInfPhrase

en_us.t[8013]

Should we use the infinitive form of the verb, or the participle form for generating the announcement? By default, use use the participle form: “(first OPENING THE BOX)”.

Methods

buildImplicitAnnouncement (txt)

en_us.t[8029]

generate the announcement message given the action description

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