Mood

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

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

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

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

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 In the UNLarium, the values for mood are the following:
+{{#tree:id=nl_mood|openlevels=0|root=Mood|
-{{
+*none (non-finite verb forms) (VBL)
-*[[mood]] (MOO)
+**gerund (GER)
-**assumptive (AUM)
+**gerundive (GDV)
-**conditional (CON)
-**declarative (DEC)
-**deductive (DED)
-**deliberative (DLB)
-**dubitative (DUB)
-**hypothetical (HYP)
-**imperative (IMP)
-**imprecative (IPC)
-**indicative (IND)
-**interrogative (INT)
 **infinitive (INF)
-**jussive (JUS)
+**participle (PTP)
-**obligative (OBM)
+**supine (SPN)
-**optative (OPT)
+*assumptive (AUM)
-**permissive (PMS)
+*conditional (CON)
-**potential (POT)
+*declarative (DEC)
-**precative (PCT)
+*deductive (DED)
-**prohibitive (PHB)
+*deliberative (DLB)
-**speculative (SPT)
+*dubitative (DUB)
-**subjunctive (SUB)
+*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)
 }}
+=== 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]]).