WoPoss: A World of Possibilities

Modal meaning: dynamic

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Possibility

participant-inherent
participant-imposed
situational

all no subtype inevitability prospective

Necessity

participant-inherent
participant-imposed
situational

all no subtype inevitability prospective

Modal meaning: deontic

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Acceptability

Absolutely necessary Desirable Acceptable Undesirable Unacceptable

Authority

Obligation

Context

official context non-official context

Source

moral/ethic norms religious norms unspecified norms

Permission

Context

official context non-official context

Source

moral/ethic norms religious norms unspecified norms

Recommendation

Context

official context non-official context

Source

moral/ethic norms religious norms unspecified norms

Intention
Volition

Epistemic

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Absolutely certain Probable Possible Improbable Impossible

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Description of the modal relation

Ambiguity

Exclude ambiguous cases See only ambiguous cases

Note: the default behaviour is to always include ambiguous cases

Rhetoric use

Exclude rhetoric uses See only rhetoric uses

Note: the default behaviour is to always include rhetoric uses

Pragmatic use

Exclude pragmatic uses See only pragmatic uses

Note: the default behaviour is to always include pragmatic uses

Lemma of the modal marker

Adjectives

aequus aptus certus dubius illicitus impossibilis incertus ineptus licitus necessarius possibilis

Adverbs

certe dubie forsan forsitan fortasse forte indubitate/indubitanter necessarie possibiliter probabiliter

Constructions with esse

est + infinitive ius est meum est necesse/um/us est opus est usus est

Constructions with habeo

habeo + infinitive necesse/um/us habeo

Nouns

dubium facultas possibilitas potestas necessitas necessitudo probabilitas voluntas

Verbal adjectives

-bilis -ndus -turus

Verbs

debeo decet licet nequeo nolo malo oportet possum queo valet volo

Description of the scope

Type of utterance

interrogative utterance non-interrogative utterance

Polarity

affirmative negative

Description of the state of affairs

State of affairs No state of affairs
+ control +/- control - control + dynamic +/- dynamic - dynamic

Expression of the participant

Explicit participant Implicit participant No participant

Type of participant

Animate Inanimate Animate (patient) Inanimate (patient)

Description of the work

Author/translator

Author’s gender

Geographic provenance

Title of the work

Timeframe of the works

Not before century (e.g. -3) Not after century (e.g. 7)

Genre

Christian theological text Documentary text: legal Documentary text: other Epistolographic text Historiographical text Novel Oratory Philosophical text Poetic text Theatre: comedy Theatre: tragedy Technical text: agriculture Technical text: architecture Technical text: cosmography Technical text: erudit compilation Technical text: lexicography Technical text: medicine Technical text: rhetoric Travel literature

Textual features

Prose Verse Translation Dialogued Non-dialogue

Transmission

Codex Inscription Papyrus scroll Mixed