Mood

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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:

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).