Clause taxonomy

Clause type

Clause type
├── Declarative
├── Interrogative (closed, open)
├── Exclamative
└── Imperative

Clause finitness

Clause finitness
├── Finite
└── Non-finite
    ├── Infinitival
    │   ├── to-infinitival
    │   └── bare infinitival
    ├── Gerund-participial
    └── Past-participial
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Clause function

Clause Function
├── Subject
├── Object
├── Predicative Complement
├── Modifier
├── Adjunct
└── Supplement

Clause mood

Finite Clause
├── Indicative
└── Subjunctive

Note

CGEL identifies very narrow “mood system”. Richer moods expression is achieved with verb form and semantics.

Subordinate clause

Subordinate
├── Relative (integrated, supplemntary, fused)
├── Content (declerative, interrogative, exclamative)
└── Comparative (than, as, scalar/non scalar, sup./inf.)