Clausal properties expressed by the whole verb phrase

Verb phrase

A unit including the main verb grouped together with auxiliaries, complements, adjuncts that can convey mood, tense, aspect, voice, person and number in a sentence

Mood (3)

indicative: declarative/interrogative; imperative; subjunctive

Modality

primarily expressed by the modal auxiliaries (can, could, might, should, may, etc.)

Tense

term that refers to the way in which different forms of verbs are used to express reference to time → examples

Aspect

How an action is viewed in time → can be progressive or non-progressive ; can be perfect (resultative or continuative) or non-perfect
- progressive: an action is in progress, temporary or happening around a particular time → be+ verb-ing ; an action is happening right now or in progress

-non-progressive: an action that is complete, habitual, general or permanent → it does not focus on duration or process

Voice

the way the form of the verb varies to indicate the meaning role that the subject plays in relation to the verbal action → active or passive

Person

first, second, third

Number

singular, plural

Finite verb form (ragozott igealak)

Expresses tense contrast, expresses mood, can appear as an independent clause and participates in a person and number concord ; changes its form when we change number, person or tense

Non finite verb form

Does not express tense contrast, it has infinitive forms → bare infinitive (work) or to infinitive (to work), gerund -ing and participle (worked, working)