compromise/src/term/adjective/toNoun.js

natural language processing in the browser

'use strict';
//convert 'cute' to 'cuteness'

const to_noun = function(w) {
  const irregulars = {
    'clean': 'cleanliness',
    'naivety': 'naivety',
    hurt: 'hurt'
  };
  if (!w) {
    return '';
  }
  if (irregulars.hasOwnProperty(w)) {
    return irregulars[w];
  }
  if (w.match(' ')) {
    return w;
  }
  if (w.match(/w$/)) {
    return w;
  }
  const transforms = [{
    'reg': /y$/,
    'repl': 'iness'
  }, {
    'reg': /le$/,
    'repl': 'ility'
  }, {
    'reg': /ial$/,
    'repl': 'y'
  }, {
    'reg': /al$/,
    'repl': 'ality'
  }, {
    'reg': /ting$/,
    'repl': 'ting'
  }, {
    'reg': /ring$/,
    'repl': 'ring'
  }, {
    'reg': /bing$/,
    'repl': 'bingness'
  }, {
    'reg': /sing$/,
    'repl': 'se'
  }, {
    'reg': /ing$/,
    'repl': 'ment'
  }, {
    'reg': /ess$/,
    'repl': 'essness'
  }, {
    'reg': /ous$/,
    'repl': 'ousness'
  }];

  for (let i = 0; i < transforms.length; i++) {
    if (w.match(transforms[i].reg)) {
      return w.replace(transforms[i].reg, transforms[i].repl);
    }
  }

  if (w.match(/s$/)) {
    return w;
  }
  return w + 'ness';
};

// console.log(to_noun("great"))

module.exports = to_noun;