Mood

Mood is one of a set of distinctive verb forms that are used to signal modality.

Natural language

In the UNLarium, the values for mood are the following:

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• none (non-finite verb forms) (VBL)
  • gerund (GER)
  • gerundive (GDV)
  • infinitive (INF)
  • participle (PTP)
  • supine (SPN)
• assumptive (AUM)
• conditional (CON)
• declarative (DEC)
• deductive (DED)
• deliberative (DLB)
• dubitative (DUB)
• hortative (HOR)
• hypothetical (HYP)
• imperative (IMP)
• imprecative (IPC)
• inferential (INFR)
• indicative (IND)
• interrogative (INT)
• jussive (JUS)
• obligative (OBM)
• optative (OPT)
• permissive (PMS)
• potential (POT)
• precative (PCT)
• prohibitive (PHB)
• speculative (SPT)
• subjunctive (SUB)

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Examples

• English
  • Indicative: He is a king.
  • Imperative: Be a king.
  • Subjunctive: If he were a king...

UNL

Mood is to be represented in UNL by its corresponding semantic value (i.e.,as modality).