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:

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  • assumptive (AUM)
  • conditional (CON)
  • declarative (DEC)
  • deductive (DED)
  • deliberative (DLB)
  • dubitative (DUB)
  • hortative (HOR)
  • hypothetical (HYP)
  • imperative (IMP)
  • imprecative (IPC)
  • indicative (IND)
  • interrogative (INT)
  • jussive (JUS)
  • obligative (OBM)
  • optative (OPT)
  • permissive (PMS)
  • potential (POT)
  • precative (PCT)
  • prohibitive (PHB)
  • speculative (SPT)
  • subjunctive (SUB)

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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).