#grammatical_relation__grammaticalrelation a linguistic relation established by grammar
supertype: linguistic_relation a relation between linguistic forms or constituents
subtype: concord__agreement the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations
subtype: number_agreement agreement in number between words in the same grammatical construction (e.g., between adjectives and the nouns they modify)
subtype: person_agreement agreement in person between pronouns and verbs
subtype: case_agreement agreement in grammatical case between words in the same construction
subtype: gender_agreement agreement in grammatical gender between words in the same construction
subtype: transitivity__transitiveness the grammatical relation created by a transitive verb
subtype: intransitivity__intransitiveness the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb
subtype: coreference the grammatical relation between two words that have a common referent
subtype: reflexivity__reflexiveness__reflexivenes the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent
subtype: conjunction the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction
subtype: coordinating_conjunction.conjunction__coordinatingconjunction the coordination by conjunction of linguistic units of the same status
subtype: subordinating_conjunction__subordinatingconjunction the subordination that occurs when a conjunction makes one linguistic unit a constituent of another
subtype: copulative_conjunction the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the addition of their meanings
subtype: disjunctive_conjunction__disjunctiveconjunction the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the disjunction of their meanings
subtype: adversative_conjunction__adversativeconjunction the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the opposition of their meanings
subtype: complementation the grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate
subtype: coordination.grammatical_relation the grammatical relation of two constituents having the same grammatical form
subtype: subordination.grammatical_relation the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head
subtype: limiting__modification__qualifying the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
subtype: restrictiveness modification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat')
subtype: apposition.limiting a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows; "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition"
subtype: mood__mode__modality verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
subtype: indicative_mood__indicative__declarative_mood__declarativemood__declarative__common_mood__fact_mood a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
subtype: subjunctive_mood__subjunctivemood__subjunctive a mood that represent an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible
subtype: optative_mood__optative a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
subtype: imperative_mood__imperative__jussive_mood__jussivemood a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
subtype: interrogative_mood__interrogativemood__interrogative some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood
subtype: anaphoric_relation__anaphoricrelation the relation between an anaphor and its antecedent
subtype: voice.grammatical_relation (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
subtype: active_voice__active the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb; "`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice"
subtype: passive_voice__passivevoice__passive the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; "`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive"
subtype: inflexion__inflection a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
subtype: conjugation.inflexion the inflection of verbs
subtype: declension.inflexion the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
subtype: paradigm systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word
subtype: aspect.grammatical_relation the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb
subtype: perfective_aspect__perfective the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed completed action
subtype: durative_aspect__durative the aspect of a verb that expresses its duration
subtype: imperfective_aspect__imperfective aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb
subtype: progressive_aspect__progressiveaspect the aspect of a verb that expresses its on-going action
subtype: inchoative_aspect aspect with regard to the beginning of the action of the verb
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