Feature: tense

Feature group	Feature type	Data type	Available for node types
Morphological	node	string	word

Feature description

Gramatical tense of a verb.

Feature values

tense (this feature)	Explanation	Frequency
Aorist	Describing a simple action in the past	11803
Imperfect	Describing an ongoing action in the past	1689
Perfect	Describing a completed action in the present time	1572
Pluperfect	Describing a completed action in the past	88
Present	Describing an ongoing action in the present time	11579
Future	Describing a simple or ongoing action in the future	1626
’’	Empty for any wordtype other than a verb	109422

Note

The ‘future perfect’ tense (Describing a completed action in the future) is not found in the text.

Source description

Taken from the (optional) XML attribute Tense for each element node representing a word.

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