Pronouny

Pronouny is a typed library intended to make programmatically resolving English pronouns easier.

Installation

To install, simply run npm install pronouny.

Usage

// Single import
import Pronouny from "pronouny";

// Create a new instance of Pronouny. All config is optional.
// Below are defaults.
const p = new Pronouny({
	// Will default to failing quietly into "they".
	failQuietly: true,

	// Will default to only querying the first subject
	// pronoun to limit scope. Set to "true" to force
	// recursive search.
	deepSearch: false,

	// Will default to using random pronouns in arrays.
	// Set to false to force using 0 index.
	useRandom: true,

	// Will default to using "they" as a fallback pronoun.
	fallbackPronoun: "they",
});

// Create a new Pronoun object using Pronouny.new()
const pronounZe: Pronoun = p.new(
	{
		subject: "ze",
		object: "hir",
		possessive: "hirs",
		psAdjective: "hir",
		reflexive: "hirself",
	},
	false
);

// .new() will automatically add new Pronouns to its
// validation map. however, if you want to do so manually,
// you can do it with Pronouny.add().
p.add(pronounZe);

// .remove() also works;
p.remove(p.resolve("I"));
// this deletes the "I" pronoun from the map.

// Methods are chainable so you can reach the Pronoun class.
p.add(pronounZe).set("he/they").use().subject();
//   ^Pronouny      ^PronounSet    ^Pronoun  ^string

// Instantiate a set of pronouns using Pronouny.set().
const vayne = {
	username: "vaynegarden",
	pronouns: p.set("she/ze/they"),
};
// from there, you can use `[PronounSet].use()` to get a random `Pronoun`.

// Resolve the pronouns in your app by referencing the form
// that you need. There's `subject`, `object`, `possessive`,
// `psAdjective`, and `reflexive`.
console.log(
	`${vayne.username} has updated ${vayne.pronouns.psAdjective()} status.`
);
// This returns "vaynegarden updated her status", "vaynegarden
// updated hir status", or "vaynegarden updated their status",
// selected randomly among the three.

// Alternatively, you can use the `parse()` template string method
// to parse a string with pronouns and write in reasonably natural syntax.
// This functionality will be updated more in the future.
console.log(
	vayne.pronouns.parse`${vayne.username} has updated ${"her"} status.`
);
// Returns the same as above.

Changelog

v0.5.0

• Added parse() method to Pronoun and PronounSet to allow for parsing of strings into their correct pronoun forms.
• Added optional resolver property to Pronouns to allow retracing to related Pronouny instance.
• Added identify() method to Pronouny to allow for identification for type of pronouns.

v0.4.0

• Optimized forEach() calls to use for loops instead.
• Added fallbackPronoun option to allow for configuration of pronoun to use in case of quiet failure states.
• Removed redundant set parameter from [PronounSet].remove() calls.

v0.3.1

• Added documentation.
• Reordered failQuietly and useRandom on Pronoun.
• Tested and fixed examples.

v0.3.0

• Rewritten to consolidate functionality into a single default export Pronouny.
• Includes "we", "you", and "I" pronouns by default.
• Added a config object so you can decide on error handling globally.
• All methods are now chainable for ease of use.

v0.2.0

• Now fails silently when trying to resolve pronouns that don't exist or indexing out of bounds.
• Implementation of PronounSet class changed to Set from Array to prevent duplicate pronouns.
• added get() method to PronounSet class to retrieve a random Pronoun object.
• Added add() and remove() on PronounSet

v0.1.2

• Initial release.

TODO

• [x] Consolidate implementation into one general-use class.
• [x] Add global configuration for pronoun use.
• [ ] Use more performant data structures.
• [ ] Cleaner error handling.
• [ ] Unique pronoun identifiers to allow for pronouns with the same first subject pronoun to have multiple forms.