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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require 'optparse'
+require 'yaml'
+
+# Gardner is the module for working with a dialogue tree file
+module Gardner
+
+  # Parse the branch
+  #
+  # @param tree [Array] The dialogue tree
+  # @return branches [Array] The array of options on the branch.
+  def self.prune_branches(tree)
+    branches = { 0 => { "desc" => "Thanks for using Sapling!" } }
+    tree.each do |b|
+      branches[b["branch"]["number"]] = {
+        "desc" => b["branch"]["text"],
+        "options" => prune_leaves(b["branch"]["leaf"]) }
+    end
+
+    return branches
+
+  end
+
+  # Parse the options
+  #
+  # @param leaves [Array] The option of leaf hashes
+  # @return options [Hash] A has of options
+  def self.prune_leaves(leaves)
+    x = 1
+    options = {}
+    leaves.each do |l|
+      options[x] = { l["text"] => l["branch"] }
+      x += 1
+    end
+
+    return options
+
+  end
+
+  # Parse the trunk
+  # The trunk is like the introduction to the tree.
+  #
+  # @param tree [Hash] The entire tree
+  # @return tree [Hash] The tree without the trunk
+  def self.prune_trunk(tree)
+    trunk = tree.shift
+    puts "Welcome to Sapling, a Dialogue Tree Utility.\n"
+    40.times { print "-" }
+    puts "\n#{trunk["trunk"]}"
+    40.times { print "-" }
+    puts "\n"
+
+    return tree
+
+  end
+
+  # The main method for Sapling. From here, the tree is grown.
+  #
+  # @param file [File] The dialogue tree file
+  # @return branches [Hash] The final, constructed data set
+  def self.grow(file)
+      tree = YAML.load_file(file[0])
+      tree = Gardner.prune_trunk(tree)
+      branches = Gardner.prune_branches(tree)
+
+      return branches
+  end
+
+  # Verify that a file is a dialogue tree file.
+  #
+  # @param file [File] The provided file
+  # @return status [Boolean] True if the file is a tree; false otherwise
+  def self.verify_tree(file)
+    results = []
+    begin
+      tree = YAML.load_file(file)
+      results << tree[0].keys.include?("trunk")
+      results << tree[1]["branch"].keys.include?("number")
+      results << tree[1]["branch"].keys.include?("text")
+      results << tree[1]["branch"].keys.include?("leaf")
+    rescue
+      puts "Sorry chummer, I don't think this is a tree."
+      puts "Verify your YAML file is formatted properly."
+      results << false
+    end
+
+    results.include?(false) ? false : true
+
+  end
+
+end
+
+# Dialogue is the module for traversing an existing tree.
+module Dialogue
+
+  class Speaker
+    attr_accessor :file
+
+    def initialize
+      @file = ""
+    end
+
+    # Scribe generates the new data set, which provides properly organized
+    # branches and choices
+    def scribe
+      tree = Gardner.grow(@file)
+      conversation(tree)
+    end
+
+    # Conversation handles navigating the tree, until the option to end is
+    # reached.
+    #
+    # @param tree [Hash] The data set of branches and associated choices
+    def conversation(tree)
+      10.times { print "*" }
+      next_branch = talk(tree[1])
+      until next_branch == 0 do
+        next_branch = talk(tree[next_branch])
+      end
+
+      puts tree[0]["desc"]
+      exit
+    end
+
+    # Talk displays a branch, the options, and prompts for a response
+    #
+    # @param branch [Hash] A branch data set
+    # @return response [Integer] The number of the next branch
+    def talk(branch)
+      puts "\n#{branch["desc"]}\n\n"
+      branch["options"].each_pair do |k,v|
+        puts "\t#{k}: #{v.keys[0]}"
+      end
+
+      print "> "
+      STDOUT.flush
+      response = STDIN.gets.chomp.to_i
+
+      puts "\n"
+      10.times { print "*" }
+      puts "\n(Your choice: #{branch["options"][response].keys[0]})"
+      return branch["options"][response].values[0].to_i
+    end
+
+  end
+
+end
+
+# Planter is the module for creating or editing a tree.
+module Planter
+
+end
+
+# Parsing is the class for option parsing, and the gateway to the program
+class Parsing
+
+  # Option parsing, and gateway to either reading and traversing a tree, or
+  # editing/creating a tree.
+  #
+  # @params file [String] The location of the file to read, or write.
+  def talk(options)
+    opt_parser = OptionParser.new do |opt|
+      opt.banner = "Usage: sapling [-t][-e] FILE" \
+
+      opt.on_tail("-h", "--help", "Show this menu") do
+        puts opt
+        exit
+      end
+
+      opt.on("-t", "--talk",
+             "Begin traversing the provided dialogue tree") do
+
+        if ARGV.empty?
+          puts opt_parser
+          exit
+        end
+
+        unless Gardner.verify_tree(ARGV[0])
+          puts "\n#{opt}\n"
+          exit
+        end
+
+        speaker = Dialogue::Speaker.new
+        speaker.file = ARGV
+        speaker.scribe
+      end
+
+      opt.on("-e", "--edit",
+             "Create or edit a dialogue tree") do
+        puts "We gonna make a tree!"
+      end
+
+    end
+    opt_parser.parse!(options)
+
+    if ARGV.empty?
+      puts opt_parser
+      exit
+    end
+
+  end
+
+end
+
+Parsing.new.talk(ARGV)
+
+=begin
+
+For a given tree:
+
+tree[0] is the trunk. We want to display this, then pull it out of the array.
+With the trunk gone, the remaining tree top-level elements are branches.
+Now, we can parse each branch by doing tree.each { |b| parse_branch(b) }
+parse_branch puts each branch into an array, at the location of it's number
+At branch[0], it puts logic to end the program.
+Now, we have a convenient way of moving around: when a leaf points to a branch,
+we just reference branch[n] to get to that branch.
+
+Traversing the tree thus goes like such:
+- Start the loop by pulling in the appropriate branch. If the branch called is [0],
+then we're done. End the program.
+- Display all relevant information, formatted to display the text, followed by a
+blank line, followed by the options, 1 per line, and numbered accordingly. At the
+bottom is a prompt.
+- The prompt expects a number. Anything not a number just displays another prompt
+on the next line.
+- Upon choosing that option, restart the loop with the new branch.
+
+Parsing a branch:
+- Format is tree[x] = branch element
+            tree[x]["branch"]["number"] is the branch number, aka the @branches array place
+            tree[x]["branch"]["text"] is the branch text
+  branches[tree[x]["branch"]["number"] = {
+    "desc" => tree[x]["branch"]["text"],
+    "options" => options_hash }
+  options_hash = {}
+
+  { branch_number =>
+    { "desc" => branch_text,
+      "options" => {
+      { 1 => { leaf_text => next_branch },
+        2 => { leaf_text => next_branch }}
+
+=end