Marathi Verb Morphology and POS Tagger

1. Marathi Verb Morphologyand POS Tagger Veena Dixit Veena Dixit

2. 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) Veena Dixit

3. Marathi Verb Morphology • Inflectional Verb Morphology covers inflection of verb root for gender, number, person, tense, aspect and mood. (बसणे – basaNe –sit & बसतो – basato) • 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)) Veena Dixit

4. Inflectional Morphology of Marathi Verbs Base: Aakhyaata Theory Veena Dixit

5. 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. Veena Dixit

6. Classification of Akhyaata Pratyayas • On the basis of phonemic shape • On the basis of Possibility of inflection for gender Veena Dixit

7. 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/Aayachaakhyaataचाख्यात Veena Dixit

8. 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 Veena Dixit

9. Prathama taakhyaata Veena Dixit

10. 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 Veena Dixit