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There are several features that mark clause type.28.2 They are:
mode
passive
:
possible values are +/-
mode
:
possible values are
base, ger, ind, inf, imp, nom, ppart, prep, sbjnct
The
mode
feature of a verb in its root form is
base. The
mode
feature of a verb in its past
participial form is ppart, the
mode
feature of a
verb in its progressive/gerundive form is ger,
the
mode
feature of a tensed verb is ind,
and the
mode
feature of a verb in the imperative
is imp.
nom is the
mode
value of AP/NP
predicative trees headed by a null copula. prep is the
mode
value of PP predicative trees headed by a null
copula. Only the copula auxiliary tree, some sentential complement
verbs (such as consider and raising verb auxiliary trees have
nom/prep as the
mode
feature
specification of their foot node. This allow them, and only them, to
adjoin onto AP/NP/PP predicative trees with null copulas.
XTAG Project
1998-09-14