Verbs

Natural language

Attributes for Verbs

Person

Tense

Mood

Aspect

Voice

Lists of verbs

English verbs

• French verbs

UNL

Verbs are represented in UNL?

• by attributes, in case of auxiliary, quasi-auxiliary and semi-auxiliary verbs;
• by relations, in case of linking verbs (copula);
• by UWs, otherwise.

Verbs as attributes

Modal verbs are represented by attributes of modality

@ability

@desire

@necessity

@obligation

@permission

@probability

@possibility

@suggestion

Auxiliary verbs are represented by attributes of tense or aspect

@causative

@prospective

@inceptive

@continuative

@progressive

@terminative

Verbs as relations

Copula verbs are represented as the relation "aoj"

Peter is beautiful = aoj(beautiful, Peter)