Portuguese Mood-Choice Verb Entries [Gra24]

Minimal verb entries for Portuguese attitude and causative predicates relevant to cross-linguistic mood choice ([Gra24], Table 1).

Portuguese 'want' robustly takes SBJV; 'hope' allows both IND and SBJV; 'intend' takes SBJV. Causatives reject indicative.

Key examples (from [Gra24])

• (3a) João quer que a Maria esteja/*está feliz. (SBJV/*IND)
• (11) João espera que a Maria esteja/está feliz. (SBJV/IND)
• (26) Pretendo que o João vá/*vai/*irá ao parque. (SBJV/*IND)
• (41) Eu fiz com que João fosse/*foi ao parque. (SBJV/*IND)

def Portuguese.MoodChoice.querer : Verb

querer 'want' — robustly subjunctive-selecting. [Gra24], (3a): SBJV required.

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def Portuguese.MoodChoice.esperar : Verb

esperar 'hope' — cross-linguistically variable (IND/SBJV). [Gra24], (11): both IND and SBJV accepted.

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def Portuguese.MoodChoice.pretender : Verb

pretender 'intend' — robustly rejects indicative. [Gra24], (26): SBJV required, IND rejected.

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def Portuguese.MoodChoice.fazer : Verb

fazer 'make' — causative, rejects indicative. [Gra24], (41): SBJV required via com que, IND rejected.

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theorem Portuguese.MoodChoice.querer_is_want_class : querer.levinClass = some Semantics.Lexical.LevinClass.want

theorem Portuguese.MoodChoice.esperar_not_want_class : esperar.levinClass ≠ some Semantics.Lexical.LevinClass.want

theorem Portuguese.MoodChoice.pretender_is_want_class : pretender.levinClass = some Semantics.Lexical.LevinClass.want

theorem Portuguese.MoodChoice.fazer_is_causative : fazer.causative.isSome = true