Difference between revisions of "MD"
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| − | This includes [[GETA]] when it functions as a modal and takes a past participle complement, and FÁ when it has the same meaning as GETA and functions the same (see [[Treatment of individual words]]). [[VILJA]] does not always function as a modal, then it is not tagged MD: ''Ég vil þetta''. | + | This includes [[GETA]] when it functions as a modal and takes a past participle complement, and [[FÁ]] when it has the same meaning as GETA and functions the same (see [[Treatment of individual words]]). [[VILJA]] does not always function as a modal, then it is not tagged MD: ''Ég vil þetta''. |
Verbs with modal meaning that take að-marker (to) and an infinitive are not tagged as MD but as main verbs taking IP-INF: | Verbs with modal meaning that take að-marker (to) and an infinitive are not tagged as MD but as main verbs taking IP-INF: | ||
Revision as of 10:32, 22 July 2010
Only verbs with modal meaning that take bare infinitives are tagged as MD:
mega 'may', munu 'will', skulu 'shall', vilja 'want, will'
This includes GETA when it functions as a modal and takes a past participle complement, and FÁ when it has the same meaning as GETA and functions the same (see Treatment of individual words). VILJA does not always function as a modal, then it is not tagged MD: Ég vil þetta.
Verbs with modal meaning that take að-marker (to) and an infinitive are not tagged as MD but as main verbs taking IP-INF:
eiga 'ought to', fá 'be allowed to', hljóta 'must', kunna 'can', þurfa 'need to', verða 'must', ætla 'intend'
if a verb that usually takes the að-marker for some reason does not, and does not have modal meaning, it is still parsed as taking IP-INF.
( (IP-MAT (NP-SBJ (PRO-A Hann-hann))
(VBPI langar-langa)
(IP-INF (VB fara-fara))))
Infinitive of some pretero-present has a special past marking (Hann sagðist mundu/skyldu gera þetta). This is not tagged especially: we tag it as MD and not MDD.
