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A-Z 1061sentence moodGrammatical category referring to that part of sentential modality which is structurallyencoded, for example, by verbal mood, such as indicative or imperative, and by wordorder. Sentential modality, in turn, is the communicative role played by a sentence’spropositional content in discourse (illocutionary force) as expressed by linguistic means.Please keep quiet! expresses the sentential modality of a polite request, the sentencemood is imperative.ReferencesAltmann, H. 1993. Satzmodus. In J.Jacobs et al. (eds), Syntax: an international handbook ofcontemporary research. Berlin and New York. 1006–29.Grewendorf, G. and D.Zaefferer. 1991. Theorien der Satzmodi/Theories of sentence mood. In A.v.Stechow and D.Wunderlich (eds), Semantik/ Semantics: an international handbook ofcontemporary research. Berlin. 270–86.Zaefferer, D. 1990. On the coding of sentential modality. In J.Bechert (ed.), Toward a typology ofEuropean languages. Berlin. 215–37.focus, intonationsentence pattern (also atomic sentence,kernel sentence)Elementary structure of a simple sentence based on the valence of the verb whichremains after elimination of all structurally unnecessary (i.e. optional) elements. Somevery traditional basic sentence patterns in English include: noun +verb (I think);noun+verb+direct object (I see the dog), noun+verb+indirect object+ direct object (I givethe dog a bone). ( also atomic sentence, kernel sentence, valence)sentence rootThe basic state of affairs in a sentence which remains constant regardless of whatsentence type ( declarative sentence, interrogative, imperative) it appears in. Thesentence root in Philip is coming/Is Philip coming? /Come, Philip! describes the state ofaffairs in which the individual, Philip, is attributed with the process of coming. In