18 / 10 /2005Veena Dixit1 Marathi Verb Morphology and POS Tagger Veena Dixit

18 / 10 /2005Veena Dixit2 Marathi Verb Morphology Marathi verbs inflect for gender, number and person of the subject and the direct object in a sentence. They also inflect for tense and aspect of the action as well as mood of the speaker in an illocutionary act. Postpositions can be attached to verb stems also. ( करणे – karane – do & केल्यानंतर – kelyaanantara – after done)

18 / 10 /2005Veena Dixit3 Marathi Verb Morphology Inflectional Verb Morphology covers inflection of verb root for gender, number, person, tense, aspect and mood. ( बसणे – basaNe – sit & बसतो – basato ) बसतो Derivational Verb Morphology covers derivation of words of other parts of speech obtained either by an attachment of suffixes or postpositions to a verb stem. ( करणे – karaNe – do, करता करता – karataa karataa – while doing (adverb) कर्ता – kartaa – doer (adjective / noun) )

18 / 10 /2005Veena Dixit4 Inflectional Morphology of Marathi Verbs Base: Aakhyaata Theory

18 / 10 /2005Veena Dixit5 Definitions Aakhyaata ( आख्यात ) refers to tense ( काळ ), aspect, and mood ( अर्थ ). Aakhyaata is realized through aakhyaata pratyaya. Aakhyaata pratyaya ( आख्यात प्रत्यय ) is the closing suffix, which is attached to the verb root. (e.g., बसला (sat) ) The phonemic shape of the Aakhyaata pratyaya is the basis of naming the Aakhyaatas.

18 / 10 /2005Veena Dixit6 Classification of Akhyaata Pratyayas On the basis of phonemic shape On the basis of Possibility of inflection for gender

18 / 10 /2005Veena Dixit7 Classification of Aakhyaata Pratyayas On the basis of phonemic shape –Prathama taakhyaata प्रथमताख्यात –Dwitiya taakhyaata द्वितियताख्यात –Laakhyaata लाख्यात –Vaakhyaata वाख्यात –‘I:’ aakhyaata ईख्यात –‘U:’ aakhyaata ऊख्यात –‘I:laa’khyaata ईलाख्यात –Chaakhyaata/Aayachaakhyaata चाख्यात

18 / 10 /2005Veena Dixit8 Classification of Aakhyaata Pratyayas (continued) On the basis of Possibility of inflection for gender –Salinga aakhyaata agrees with gender. –Alinga aakhyaata does not agree with gender

18 / 10 /2005Veena Dixit9 Prathama taakhyaata subject Masculine Feminine Neuter personSingularPluralSingularPluralSingularPlural First तो तेतो Second तोसतातेसता Third तोताततेताततेतात

18 / 10 /2005Veena Dixit10 Aakhyaataartha of Prathama Taakhyaata Present Tense: वर्तमान काळ Constant Truth: स्थिरसत्य (frequentive) Historical Truth: ऐतिहासिक सत्य Citation / Quotation: अवतरण : Motive: उद्देश Near Past: संनिहित भूतकाळ Definite Future: निसंशय भविष्यकाळ Promise: आश्वासन Habitual Present : रीति वर्तमानकाळ