MDWS YAML source
code: MDWS
mfte_code: MDWS
name: Modals WILL and SHALL
definition: The modal verbs "will" and "shall".
normalization: finite_verbs
parent: PREDMD_ALL
detection:
- source: mfte
requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words} & pos="MD"]'
words:
- shall
- will
- "'ll"
- sha
description: >-
Uses word (not lemma) because Stanza lemmatizes "wo" as "will"
but MFTE treats "wo" (from won't splitting) as MDWO, not MDWS.
- source: pybiber
requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words} & pos="MD"]'
words:
- shall
- will
- "'ll"
examples:
- text: She _will_ come back.
source: le_foll_2024
- text: Yes it _will_.
source: le_foll_2024
- text: _Shall_ we see?
source: le_foll_2024
sources:
- biber_1988
- mfte