MDWO YAML source

code: MDWO
mfte_code: MDWO
bohmann_number: 21
name: Modal WOULD
definition: The modal verb "would".
normalization: finite_verbs
parent: PREDMD_ALL
detection:
- source: mfte
  requires:
  - word
  - pos
  cql: '[word={words} & pos="MD"]'
  words:
  - would
  - "'d"
  - wo
  description: >-
    MFTE matches surface forms (line 1214): would, 'd, wo, d.
    Uses word (not lemma) because Stanza lemmatizes "wo" as "will".
- source: pybiber
  requires:
  - word
  - pos
  cql: '[word={words} & pos="MD"]'
  words:
  - would
  - "'d"
- requires:
  - word
  - pos
  cql: '[word="would" & pos="MD"]'
examples:
- text: _Would_n't you like to know?
  source: le_foll_2024
- text: If I could afford to buy it I _would_.
  source: le_foll_2024
- text: I_'d_ like to think it works.
  source: le_foll_2024
sources:
- biber_1988
- mfte
- bohmann_2019
notes: Also serves as habitual aspect marker ("Every morning he would walk...").