Add genders

README.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The files and their format is described below.
 ## calendar.json
 Contains the description of the calendar year and astrological signs.
 
-The root object contains two fields:
+The root is an `object` containing two fields:
   - `months` (`list`: `month`): the list of months
   - `astrological-signs` (`list`: `sign`): the list of astrological signs
 
@@ -22,11 +22,26 @@ A `month` object has the following fields:
   - `named-after` (`string`): the origin of the name
 
 A `sign` object has the following fields:
-    - `name` (`string`): the name of the sign
-    - `symbol` (`string`): the path to the image of the symbol of the sign
-    - `from` (`object`: `date`): the starting date of the astrological sign
-    - `to` (`object`: `date`): the ending date of the astrological sign
+  - `name` (`string`): the name of the sign
+  - `symbol` (`string`): the path to the image of the symbol of the sign
+  - `from` (`object`: `date`): the starting date of the astrological sign
+  - `to` (`object`: `date`): the ending date of the astrological sign
 
 A `date` objects used in the astrological signs has the folowing fields:
   - `month` (`integer`): the month of the date
   - `day` (`integer`): the day of the date
+
+## genders.json
+Contains the description of (english) genders. Mostly for grammatical use when generating sentences.
+
+The root is a `list` of `gender` objects.
+
+A `gender` object has the following fields:
+  - `name` (`string`): the name of the gender
+  - `title` (`string`): the honorific used to indicate the gender of a person
+  - `title-abbreviation` (`string`): the abbreviation of the title
+  - `subject-pronoun` (`string`): the 3rd person subject pronoun corresponding to the gender
+  - `object-pronoun` (`string`): the 3rd person object pronoun corresponding to the gender
+  - `genitive-adjective` (`string`): the 3rd person genitive adjective corresponding to the gender
+  - `reflexive-pronoun` (`string`): the 3rd person reflexive pronoun corresponding to the gender
+  - `plural?` (`boolean`): indicate if verbs should be conjugated in plural when the subject pronoun is the subject of a sentence

genders.json

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+[
+  {
+    "name": "masculine",
+    "title": "Mister",
+    "title-abbreviation": "Mr",
+    "subject-pronoun": "he",
+    "object-pronoun": "him",
+    "genitive-adjective": "his",
+    "reflexive-pronoun": "himself",
+    "plural?": false
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "feminine",
+    "title": "Miss",
+    "title-abbreviation": "Ms",
+    "subject-pronoun": "she",
+    "object-pronoun": "her",
+    "genitive-adjective": "her",
+    "reflexive-pronoun": "herself",
+    "plural?": false
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "neutral-person",
+    "title": "Mixter",
+    "title-abbreviation": "Mx",
+    "subject-pronoun": "they",
+    "object-pronoun": "them",
+    "genitive-adjective": "their",
+    "reflexive-pronoun": "themselves",
+    "plural?": true
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "neutral-thing",
+    "title": "Thing",
+    "title-abbreviation": "Tg",
+    "subject-pronoun": "it",
+    "object-pronoun": "it",
+    "genitive-adjective": "its",
+    "reflexive-pronoun": "itself",
+    "plural?": false
+  },
+]