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*none (non-finite verb forms) (VBL)
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**gerund (GER)
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**gerundive (GDV)
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**infinitive (INF)
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**participle (PTP)
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**supine (SPN)
 
*assumptive (AUM)
 
*assumptive (AUM)
 
*conditional (CON)
 
*conditional (CON)
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*deliberative (DLB)
 
*deliberative (DLB)
 
*dubitative (DUB)
 
*dubitative (DUB)
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*hortative (HOR)
 
*hypothetical (HYP)
 
*hypothetical (HYP)
 
*imperative (IMP)
 
*imperative (IMP)
 
*imprecative (IPC)
 
*imprecative (IPC)
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*inferential (INFR)
 
*indicative (IND)
 
*indicative (IND)
 
*interrogative (INT)
 
*interrogative (INT)
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;Infinitive, gerund and participle
 
:Infinitive, gerund, gerundive and participle are to be represented as [[verb forms]].
 
  
 
=== Examples ===
 
=== Examples ===

Latest revision as of 20:07, 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:


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).

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