@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
-; ʞ / verb.scm
-;	(depends lisp-macro.scm struct.scm)
-;	a library by lexi hale
-;
-; macros, functions, and rules for conjugating verbs and 
-; generating verb phrases. this library rules was written 
-; specifically for english verbs and cannot be used as a
-; "drop-in" library for other languages; however, the
-; structured and functions used are sufficiently generic
-; that it should be portable to other languages with
+; [ʞ] verb.scm
+;  ~ lexi hale <lexi@hale.su>
+;  © affero general public license
+;  > (load "lib/lisp-macro.scm")
+;    (load "lib/struct.scm")
+;    (load "lib/verb.scm")
+
+; macros, functions, and rules  for conjugating verbs and
+; generating verb phrases. this library rules was written
+; specifically for english verbs and  cannot be used as a
+; "drop-in"  library for  other  languages; however,  the
+; structured and functions  used are sufficiently generic
+; that  it should  be  portable to  other languages  with
 ; minimal effort.
 
 ;;;; section i. generic functions & structures
 
@@ -24,12 +27,12 @@
 ; * l10n note: the fields mentioned in the last line of the
 ;   (verb-form) macro must always match the fields listed in
 (define verb (struct 'inf 'prs 'ger 'adj 'pst 'ppl))
 
-; takes a list of individual strings and joins them with
+; takes a list of individual  strings and joins them with
 ; spaces. occurrences of "a" are automatically replace by
 ; "an" if the word following them appears to start with a
-; vowel. this can be forcibly induced by preceeding that
+; vowel. this can be  forcibly induced by preceeding that
 ; word with the symbol 'vowel in the list
 ; TODO: make it handle initialisms. yes, everything about
 ; this is horrible. yes, this *is* the wrong way to do it.
 ; yes, i *am* ashamed. why do you ask
@@ -86,16 +89,16 @@
 ; - vb: final, "stem" verb
 (define (compound prefix vb) (lambda (form) (lambda (*o*)
 	  (word-append (string-append prefix ((vb form) *o*))))))
 
-; create a verb where another string interposes between the
-; root verb and the object. this can be used to implement
-; object incorporation or prepositional verbs such as "get
-; off on" (not to be confused with phrasal verbs)
-; a phrasal verb.
+; create a  verb where another string  interposes between
+; the  root verb  and the  object.  this can  be used  to
+; implement object  incorporation or  prepositional verbs
+; such as "get  off on" (not to be  confused with phrasal
+; verbs) a phrasal verb.
 ; - vb: the root (leftmost) verb
-; - pps: the preposition complex immediately following the
-;   verb.
+; - pps: the preposition complex immediately following
+;   the verb.
 (define (postpositive vb post) (lambda (form) (lambda (*o*)
 	(if (or (equal? form 'ppl) (equal? form 'adj))
 		(word-append
 		  (string-append ((vb form) '()) "-" post)