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== Adding More Features ==
== Adding More Features ==
=== The feature VFORM ===
Many verbs also have more than one form. For instance, we find not only ''see'', but also  ''sees'', ''saw'', ''seen'', and ''seeing''.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Verb form !! Full name !! Examples
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|  <span style="color: red>''fin''</span> || finite || sees, is, will, dances, dance (non-third person singular), danced (past tense)
|-
|  <span style="color: red>?</span> || base form (= bare infinitive) || see, be, dance, give
|-
| <span style="color: red>?</span> || present participle || seeing, being, dancing, giving
|-
| <span style="color: red>?</span>  || perfect participle || seen, been, danced, given
|-
| <span style="color: red>?</span> || infinitive || to (the infinitive marker)
|-
|}

Revision as of 10:21, 6 November 2017

Adding More Features

The feature VFORM

Many verbs also have more than one form. For instance, we find not only see, but also sees, saw, seen, and seeing.


Verb form Full name Examples
fin finite sees, is, will, dances, dance (non-third person singular), danced (past tense)
? base form (= bare infinitive) see, be, dance, give
? present participle seeing, being, dancing, giving
? perfect participle seen, been, danced, given
? infinitive to (the infinitive marker)