diff --git a/contrib/other-builds/moses2/FF/LexicalReordering.cpp b/contrib/other-builds/moses2/FF/LexicalReordering.cpp
index f6ed46cc2..695c297a8 100644
--- a/contrib/other-builds/moses2/FF/LexicalReordering.cpp
+++ b/contrib/other-builds/moses2/FF/LexicalReordering.cpp
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ void LexicalReordering::EvaluateWhenApplied(const Manager &mgr,
   const Hypothesis &hypo,
   const FFState &prevState,
   Scores &scores,
-	FFState &state) const
+  FFState &state) const
 {
-
+	//const Phrase &source = hypo.ge
 }
 
 const LexicalReordering::Values *LexicalReordering::GetValues(const Phrase &source, const Phrase &target) const
@@ -132,4 +132,25 @@ const LexicalReordering::Values *LexicalReordering::GetValues(const Phrase &sour
 	}
 }
 
+size_t LexicalReordering::GetOrientation(Range const& cur) const
+{
+  return (cur.GetStartPos() == 0) ? 0 : 1;
+}
+
+size_t LexicalReordering::GetOrientation(Range const& prev, Range const& cur) const
+{
+  if (cur.GetStartPos() == prev.GetEndPos() + 1) {
+	  // monotone
+	  return 0;
+  }
+  else if (prev.GetStartPos() ==  cur.GetEndPos() + 1) {
+	  // swap
+	  return 1;
+  }
+  else {
+	  // discontinuous
+	  return 2;
+  }
+}
+
 } /* namespace Moses2 */
diff --git a/contrib/other-builds/moses2/FF/LexicalReordering.h b/contrib/other-builds/moses2/FF/LexicalReordering.h
index d0150d894..920a65da8 100644
--- a/contrib/other-builds/moses2/FF/LexicalReordering.h
+++ b/contrib/other-builds/moses2/FF/LexicalReordering.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "StatefulFeatureFunction.h"
 #include "../TypeDef.h"
 #include "../Phrase.h"
+#include "../legacy/Range.h"
 
 namespace Moses2 {
 
@@ -78,6 +79,10 @@ protected:
   Coll m_coll;
 
   const Values *GetValues(const Phrase &source, const Phrase &target) const;
+
+  size_t  GetOrientation(Range const& cur) const;
+  size_t  GetOrientation(Range const& prev, Range const& cur) const;
+
 };
 
 } /* namespace Moses2 */