Mood
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Revision as of 16:03, 17 April 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:
- 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).
