Mood

From UNL Wiki

(Difference between revisions)

Latest revision as of 21:07, 27 November 2013

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).

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-To be represented by attributes. See [[Tenses]] for a list of possible combinations of Tense-Aspect-Mood.
+'''Mood''' is one of a set of distinctive verb forms that are used to signal [[modality]].
-== Mood Attributes ==
+== Natural language ==
+In the UNLarium, the values for mood are the following:
-;@subjective (= Subjunctive)
+{{#tree:id=nl_mood|openlevels=0|root=Mood|
-;@imperative (= Imperative)
+*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)
+}}
-The indicative, the infinitive, the participle and the gerund are not expected to be explicitly indicated.
-== Modality Attributes ==
-;@ability
+=== Examples ===
-;@desire
+*English
-;@necessity
+**Indicative: He is a king.
-;@obligation
+**Imperative: Be a king.
-;@permission
+**Subjunctive: If he were a king...
-;@probability
-;@possibility
+== UNL ==
-;@suggestion
+Mood is to be represented in UNL by its corresponding semantic value (i.e.,as [[modality]]).