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*none (non-finite verb forms) (VBL)
**gerund (GER)
**gerundive (GDV)
**infinitive (INF)
**participle (PTP)
**supine (SPN)
*assumptive (AUM)
*assumptive (AUM)
*conditional (CON)
*conditional (CON)

Revision as of 19:06, 27 November 2013

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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Infinitive, gerund and participle
Infinitive, gerund, gerundive and participle are to be represented as verb forms.

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).