Template: Verbal Legend

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This includes the exact HTML to be included in the grammatical legend portion of each Grammar page.

Verbal Tables

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Tense Aspect Reference point movement Modality
Definition A situation's location in time Internal temporal constituency of a situation as portrayed Whether or not the expected reference point in the discourse is updated after the situation. Distinguishing between indicative, volitional and other forms of modality, as determined by morphology; word order; particles; context
Options
  • Relative: a situation's location in time relative to a reference point
  • Absolute: a situation's location in time relative to the moment of speech
  • Continuous
  • Habitual/iterative
  • Stative
  • Expected movement: usually perfective
  • No expected movement: usually imperfective
  • indicative
  • jussive
  • imperative
  • cohortative
  • wish
  • purpose/result
  • past (conditional)
  • possible
  • probable
  • interrogative
Symbol Templates - Tense.jpg Indicating aspect on the verb or in the situation Expected reference point movement Modality options (so far)

For steps to determine relative tense and reference point movement click "Expand" to the right:

Relative Time and Ref. Pt..jpg

Where is action relative to reference point? What question is prompted by verb tense? Do we expect reference point to move?
After reference point (Posterior)
Imperative Imperative.jpg What next? Posterior (relative future) Yes
Yiqtol Yiqtol.jpg What next?




What now?
Posterior (relative future




Simultaneous (relative imperfective present)
Yes
Weqatal Weqatal.jpg
Weyiqtol
Weyiqtol.jpg No
Wayyiqtol
Wayyiqtol.jpg
At reference point (Simultaneous)
Yiqtol Yiqtol 2.jpg What now? Simultaneous (relative imperfective present) No
Participle Participle.jpg
Weyiqtol
Weyiqtol 2.jpg
Infinitive Infinitive.jpg
Before reference point (Anterior)
Qatal Qatal.jpg What next?

What now?
Anterior (relative past)

Simultaneous (relative imperfect present)
Yes
Wayyiqtol Wayyiqtol 2.jpg No