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Clauses and Moods by Prashanth Kamle Under the guidance of Prof. Pushpak Bhattachharya Department of Computer Science IIT Bombay Finite and Non-finite clauses Types of clauses Finite Verbs inflected by tense and person I/he/she/it was late You/we/they were late Non-finite Verbs are not inflected by tense and person Non finite clauses - types 1.Infinitive – I've never known [ John to be so rude to anyone ] 2.Gerundial – We don't want [ it raining on your birthday ] 3.Past participle – I had [ my car stolen from the car park ] Tests to detect finite/non-finite Change tense/person and see whether verb gets inflected It would be silly [ for me/you/him/her/us/them to hate science ] It would be silly [ for him/her to hates science ] It would have been silly [ for you/them to hated science ] Any clause which contains a modal is finite I know [ that you will/might/could/should hate science ] Observations Clause containing inflected verb or modal is finite Is the converse true? Not always! I know [ that you leave for Hawaii tomorrow ] I demand [ that you leave for Hawaii tomorrow ] Both indicative and subjunctive clauses are finite Why are subjunctive clauses finite? Both Indicative and Subjunctive clauses share certain morphosyntactic properties Property 1 Both indicative and subjuntive clauses MUST take a subject, non-finite clauses can be subjectless Indicative: I know [ that leaves for Hawaii tomorrow ] Subjunctive: I demand [ that leave for Hawaii tomorrow ] Infinitive: I intend [ to leave for Hawaii tomorrow ] Gerund: I intend [ leaving for Hawaii tomorrow ] Property 2 • Subjunctive clauses pattern like indicative clauses with respect to case marking Cases • English personal pronouns are typically said to have three morphological cases Nominative I he we they Objective me him us them Genetive my his our their Property 2 (contd) • • Subject of subjunctive and indicative clauses are always assigned nominative case – I know [ that they/them/their leave for Hawaii tomorrow ] – I demand [ that they/them/their leave for Hawaii tomorrow ] Subject of infinitive clauses is assigned objective case – I want [ them/their/they to leave for Hawaii tomorrow Property 2 (contd) • Gerund clauses take either objective or genetive case – I don't like the idea of [ them/their/they leaving for Hawaii tomorrow ] Therefore, subjunctive clauses have been classified as finite Moods Mood Mood is a term in grammar that identifies utterances as being statements, expressions of wish, commands, questions, etc 'Mood' is derived from 'mode', but at some stage the vowel changed by association with the completely different word 'mood', meaning a state of mind Moods in English grammar Declarative/Indicative Subjunctive Imperative Interrogative Conditional Declarative mood a statement in the active voice of a verb auxiliaries take their "usual" position following the 'subject' He was seen I am walking home. They are singing. He is not a dancer. We are very happy. Subjunctive mood Used to express counterfactual or if-then statements Typically marked in the present tense by the auxiliary "were" plus the continuous (-ing) form of the verb I am eating, so I will sit. (Factual/Declarative) Were I eating, I would sit. (Counterfactual) If they were eating, they would sit. (Counterfactual conditional / If-then) God save the king (subjunctive) If I were you... (subjunctive) Conditional mood Denote or imply a probable future action verbal auxiliaries could, would, should, may and might in combination with the root stem of the verb I may think of quitting You could go to the store I might meet you tomorrow Imperative mood used for commands or instructions occurs only in the second person, and the subject ("you") is generally not explicitly stated Listen! Do not smoke here. Let me do the talking. Let them dance. Interrogative mood Question marked by starting a clause with an auxiliary verb or a WH-word Can you do that? What time is it? References • Transformational Grammar by Andrew Radford • Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_grammar accessed 24 Aug 2009