POMD_ALL YAML source
code: POMD_ALL
biber_number: L52
xiao_number: B30
mfte_code: MDPOSSCall
name: Possibility modals
definition: 'Modals expressing possibility: can, could, may, might.'
normalization: finite_verbs
children:
- MDCA
- MDCO
- MDMM
detection:
- requires:
- pos
combine: "MDCA | MDCO | MDMM"
description: Sum of MDCA + MDCO + MDMM
- source: pybiber
requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words} & pos="MD"]'
words:
- ca
- can
- could
- may
- might
sources:
- biber_1988
- pybiber
- xiao_2009
- grieve_2023