only treat subordinators as secondary-clause signals before the verb

mainClause() dropped any clause merely containing 'that', 'before',
'who' etc, so a main clause with a nested relative clause lost to a
comma-list fragment and the wrong verb was reported. Only drop a clause
when the word comes before the clause's own verb, and parse the pattern
once per call rather than once per clause.

Fixes #1035
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dualfroz committed 2026-09-13 15:38:29 +02:00
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@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
const subordinate = `(after|although|as|because|before|if|since|than|that|though|when|whenever|where|whereas|wherever|whether|while|why|unless|until|once)` const subordinate = `(after|although|as|because|before|if|since|than|that|though|when|whenever|where|whereas|wherever|whether|while|why|unless|until|once)`
const relative = `(that|which|whichever|who|whoever|whom|whose|whomever)` const relative = `(that|which|whichever|who|whoever|whom|whose|whomever)`
// a subordinator or relative pronoun only makes the clause secondary when it
// introduces the clause - after the verb it belongs to a nested clause instead
const dropIntroducedBy = function (m, pattern) {
// parse the pattern once here, instead of once per clause
const reg = m.world.methods.one.parseMatch(pattern, {}, m.world)
return m.filter(c => {
const found = c.matchOne(reg)
if (!found.found) {
return true
}
const verb = c.matchOne('#Verb')
return verb.found && verb.fullPointer[0][1] <= found.fullPointer[0][1]
})
}
//try to remove secondary clauses //try to remove secondary clauses
const mainClause = function (s) { const mainClause = function (s) {
let m = s let m = s
@@ -14,7 +29,7 @@ const mainClause = function (s) {
return m return m
} }
// this is a signal for subordinate-clauses // this is a signal for subordinate-clauses
m = m.ifNo(subordinate) m = dropIntroducedBy(m, subordinate)
m = m.ifNo('^even (if|though)') m = m.ifNo('^even (if|though)')
m = m.ifNo('^so that') m = m.ifNo('^so that')
m = m.ifNo('^rather than') m = m.ifNo('^rather than')
@@ -23,7 +38,7 @@ const mainClause = function (s) {
return m return m
} }
// relative clauses // relative clauses
m = m.ifNo(relative) m = dropIntroducedBy(m, relative)
if (m.length === 1) { if (m.length === 1) {
return m return m
} }
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@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ test('svo parser', function (t) {
'the students', 'the students',
'remained', 'remained',
], ],
[
'She led a diverse advisory committee throughout the process that included membership from schools, city planning departments, state engineering departments, transit agencies, and AARP.',
'she',
'led',
],
['He bought the car that the dealer, the bank, and the broker all recommended.', 'he', 'bought'],
['I ate dinner before I went to bed.', 'i', 'ate'],
// ['every day the kitten tries to eat the mouse', 'the kitten', 'tries to eat'], // ['every day the kitten tries to eat the mouse', 'the kitten', 'tries to eat'],
// ['The boy who you saw at the store committed a robbery.', 'the boy', 'committed'], // ['The boy who you saw at the store committed a robbery.', 'the boy', 'committed'],