Mood
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| + | *none (non-finite verb forms) (VBL) | ||
| + | **gerund (GER) | ||
| + | **gerundive (GDV) | ||
| + | **infinitive (INF) | ||
| + | **participle (PTP) | ||
| + | **supine (SPN) | ||
*assumptive (AUM) | *assumptive (AUM) | ||
*conditional (CON) | *conditional (CON) | ||
Revision as of 21:06, 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:
- 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).
