module: force

Class ForceFeature


Extends:

        MorphosyntacticFeature
 

Direct Instances:

  1. ImperativeForce
  2. JussiveForce
  3. ActionalForce
  4. HortatoryForce
  5. VolitiveForce
  6. InformationalForce
  7. SpeculativeForce
  8. AnyForce
  9. OtherForce
  10. DeclarativeForce
  11. InterrogativeForce
  12. CommissiveForce
 

Direct Subclasses:

None
 

Class Documentation:

Force expresses the speech act associated with a proposition. Among the traditionally defined values are Declarative, Imperative and Interrogative. Force is here distinguished from Mood, but there is a close association of Mood with Force values, e.g. between IndicativeMood and DeclarativeForce.


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