Modding:Grammar

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This page is about modding. See the modding overview for an abstract on modding.
This page is about modding. See the modding overview for an abstract on modding.

Term Format

format output description
=pronouns.personTerm= human returns in all lowercase
=pronouns.PersonTerm= Human returns with first letter capitalized

Pronouns

Although similar to Gender and Pronouns, there are some terms that are not specified inside the xml. They are also referred to as different names. Written as

=pronouns.(pronounterm)=

name example
subjective "SHE went to the store."
objective "You are waterbonded with HIM."
possessive OR possessiveAdjective "HER desert rifle rusted."
substantivePossessive "Kindrish is HERS."
reflexive "He can only blame HIMSELF for his character's death."
indicativeProximal THIS artifact is too complex for you to decipher.
indicativeDistal THAT evidence was found next to Keh's bedroll.
personTerm What one of this gender is referred to.
immaturePersonTerm What an immature/young person of this gender is called.
formalAddressTerm What you politely call someone of this gender.
offspringTerm What the offspring of this gender are called.
siblingTerm What a sibling of this gender is referred to.
parentTerm What a parent of this gender is called.


Verbs

Written as

=verb:(word)[:afterpronoun]=

where :afterpronoun is optional. If afterpronoun is set, it is based off of the object's pronoun set.