VerbType: verb type
| Values: | Aux | Cop | Light |
We already split auxiliary and non-auxiliary verbs at the level of UPOS tags.
The VerbType feature may be used to capture finer distinctions that some
tagsets make.
Aux: auxiliary verb
Verb used to create periphrastic verb forms (tenses, passives etc.)
Examples
- uːn uː= kaːm iraːnaj / fidig -a dʔi -jaː =b =u / “Gosh, this camel was let loose [and]”
Cop: copula verb
Verb used to make nominal predicates. We have treated copulas as auxiliaries, this feature is used to distinguish them from other auxiliaries.
Examples
- _hoː =b hoːsoː ʃʔag -aː =b =u uː= tak _ “The man was carrying on his shoulder a lamb”
Light: light (support) verb
Light or support verb is used in verbo-nominal constructions where the main part of the meaning is contributed by a noun complement but it is not just a nominal predicate with a copula.
Examples
- _ j= ʔar han hus i- kati -na /_ “The children also keep quiet”
VerbType in other languages: [af] [apu] [bej] [gu] [ka] [pcm] [u]