marytts.modules.prosody

Class POSAccentPriorities

java.lang.Object

marytts.modules.prosody.POSAccentPriorities

public class POSAccentPriorities
extends Object

The priorites of parts-of-speech for accent assignment. These priorities reflect the "probability" of a token to carry a pitch accent. Lower priorities mean higher probabilities. Priority of 1 means unconditional accent assignment.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
POSAccentPriorities(String propertiesFilename)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getPriority(String pos) Provide the priority of a part-of-speech for getting an accent.
boolean	getsUnconditionalAccent(String pos) Determine whether a part-of-speech always gets an accent.
boolean	moreAccentuated(String posA, String posB) Determine whether one part-of-speech is more likely to get an accent than another one.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

POSAccentPriorities

public POSAccentPriorities(String propertiesFilename)
                    throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

Method Detail

getsUnconditionalAccent

public boolean getsUnconditionalAccent(String pos)

Determine whether a part-of-speech always gets an accent.

Parameters:

pos - pos

Returns:

getPriority(pos) equals 1

moreAccentuated

public boolean moreAccentuated(String posA,
                      String posB)

Determine whether one part-of-speech is more likely to get an accent than another one.

Parameters:

posA - posA

posB - posB

Returns:

getPriority(posA) < getPriority(posB)

getPriority

public int getPriority(String pos)

Provide the priority of a part-of-speech for getting an accent. Lower values mean higher priority / probability.

Parameters:

pos - pos

Returns:

100