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The interpretation of quantity and number depends on the type of word. For a scalar verb quantity specifies degree while for any other verb it specifies quantity of action or approximate pluractionality. For a noun, quantity, approximate number, or exact number is specified. A verb may instead be negated (indicating an absence of the action or quality) while a noun may be non-referential (i.e. no specific referent(s)). The satisfactive applies to both verbs and nouns and indicates sufficiency for some result.
For count nouns:
For mass nouns:
For action verbs:
For scalar verbs:
However, in the context of a comparison (all word types):
The past, present, and future tenses are basically relative to some temporal point of reference. When this is the moment of utterence, such as in a final clause, the tense is effectively absolute.
Event verbs are interpreted as being progressive at the moment of utterence and usually as aoristic elsewhere. Process verbs are typically progressive, but can be aoristic when the tense isn't absolute. State verbs are stative (or perfect if a prior change of state is implied by the presence of an agent or instrument).
The evidentials include the evidentially indirect epistemic modals.
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