Sentence examples for indicative clause from inspiring English sources
While these differences are marked on the Finite/Predicator element, they serve to realize selections on the clause level, distinguishing in this case between volitive and indicative clause types.
For example, in analysing the English clause in terms of MOOD, the first stage of the analyses shows a distinction between the indicative clause and the imperative clause by the presence of the elements Subject and Finite (i.e. a tense/modality verbal operator) in the indicative and the absence of these elements in the imperative, except in the marked realisation of you as imperative Subject.
They also use more imperative clauses and indicative clauses with high-valued modality than the latter.
Both Cleary and Heng translate the second clause into imperative, while modulated indicative clauses are used by Wong and Cheng.
Whereas the Negotiator nāʾ occurs in volitive clauses after the Finite/Predicator element, the combined form hinneh-nāʾ occurs (like hinneh) in clause-initial position in indicative clauses.
Interpersonally, modulated indicative clauses like examples 3 and 4 are 'metaphorical' in comparison with the congruent imperative clause (example 5), and expand the potential for further negotiation.
Yet the tendency to change the original imperative clauses into modulated indicative clauses by the two Chinese translators is apparent, as can be seen in the following example.
Modulated indicative clauses are typically used to reflect deference and the image of the speaker will therefore be more polite compared with imperatives.
Indicative clauses are normally marked for negative polarity by means of the mood Adjunct loʾ, as in example [66] and others above, as well as in [69] below.
This is further illustrated through the frequency of high-valued against median- and low-valued modulation in indicative clauses, as shown in Table 7.
The realization of commands is more complicated, with a difference in the selection of major mood types (imperative vs. modulated indicative) and values of MODALITY in modulated indicative clauses.
