#grammatical_category__grammaticalcategory__syntactic_category__syntacticcategory a category of words having the same grammatical properties
supertype: class.aggregation__clas__family a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents"
subtype: grammatical_case__grammaticalcase__case nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
subtype: nominative_case__nominative__subject_case__subjectcase the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb
subtype: oblique_case__obliquecase__oblique any grammatical case other than the nominative
subtype: accusative_case__accusative__objective_case__objectivecase the category of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
subtype: dative_case__dative the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb
subtype: genitive_case__genitive__possessive_case the case expressing ownership
subtype: locative_case__locative the case indicating where the action described by the verb occurred
subtype: instrumental_case__instrumental the case indicating the instrument used in performing the action of the verb
subtype: vocative_case__vocative the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed
subtype: ablative_case__ablative the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
subtype: part_of_speech__form_class__word_class one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context
subtype: major_form_class any of the parts of speech of traditional grammar
subtype: noun.major_form_class a word that can serve as the subject or object of a verb
subtype: verb a word that serves as the predicate of a sentence
subtype: infinitive the uninflected form of the verb
subtype: split_infinitive__splitinfinitive an infinitive with an adverb between `to' and the verb (e.g., `to boldly go')
subtype: participle a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses
subtype: present_participle__presentparticiple a participle expressing present action; in English is formed by adding -ing
subtype: past_participle__perfect_participle__perfectparticiple a participle that expresses completed action
subtype: transitive_verb_form__transitive_verb a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object to be grammatical
subtype: doubly_transitive_verb_form__doubly_transitive_verb a transitive verb that takes both a direct and an indirect object
subtype: intransitive_verb_form__intransitive_verb a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object
subtype: adjective.major_form_class the word class that qualifies nouns
subtype: adverb the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
subtype: number.grammatical_category (linguistics) the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural); "in English the subject and the verb must agree in number"
subtype: grammatical_person__grammaticalperson a grammatical category of pronouns and verb forms; "stop talking about yourself in the third person"
subtype: first_person__firstperson pronouns and verbs used to refer to the speaker or writer of the language in which they occur
subtype: second_person pronouns and verbs used to refer to the person addressed by the language in which they occur
subtype: third_person__thirdperson pronouns and verbs that are used to refer to something other than the speaker or addressee of the language in which they occur
subtype: grammatical_gender__grammaticalgender__gender a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
subtype: feminine a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
subtype: masculine a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
subtype: neuter a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)
subtype: tense a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
subtype: present_tense__presenttense__present a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking
subtype: historical_present the use of the present tense to describe past actions or states
subtype: aorist a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek; Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past) without indicating its completion or continuation
subtype: past_tense__past a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
subtype: preterit__preterite a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
subtype: future_tense__future a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
subtype: progressive_tense__progressivetense__progressive__imperfect__imperfect_tense__imperfecttense__continuous_tense a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
subtype: present_progressive_tense__presentprogressivetense__present_progressive__presentprogressive a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance
subtype: past_progressive_tense__past_progressive a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past; "`I had been running' is an example of the past progressive"
subtype: future_progressive_tense__future_progressive a progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future; "`I will be running' is an example of the future progressive"
subtype: perfective_tense__perfective__perfect__perfect_tense__perfecttense a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
subtype: present_perfect_tense__presentperfecttense__present_perfect__presentperfect a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present; "`I have finished' is an example of the present perfect"
subtype: past_perfect_tense__past_perfect__pluperfect__pluferfect_tense a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; "`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect"
subtype: future_perfect_tense__future_perfect a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future; "`I will have finished' is an example of the future perfect"
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