Verbs

Natural language

Lists of verbs

English verbs

To be represented:

• by attributes, in case of auxiliary, quasi-auxiliary and semi-auxiliary verbs;
• by relations, in case of linking verbs (copula);
• by UWs, otherwise.

Attributes for Verbs

Person

Tense

Mood

Aspect

Voice

Auxiliary verbs

Modality

@ability

@desire

@necessity

@obligation

@permission

@probability

@possibility

@suggestion

Aspect

@causative

@prospective

@inceptive

@continuative

@progressive

@terminative

Copula

Peter is beautiful = aoj(beautiful, Peter)

Lists of verbs

• French auxiliary and semi-auxiliary verbs