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JWKTL (Java Wiktionary Library) is a Java-based API that enables efficient and structured access to the information encoded in the English and the German Wiktionary edition, including sense definitions, part of speech tags, etymology, example sentences, translations, semantic relations and many other lexical information types.

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package de.tudarmstadt.ukp.jwktl.api.util;

import de.tudarmstadt.ukp.jwktl.api.IWiktionaryWordForm;

/**
 * Enumeration for modelling non-finite {@link IWiktionaryWordForm}s.
 * Although other form properties (like {@link GrammaticalTense}) are
 * predominantly used to represent finite forms, such properties can
 * also be used to describe non-finite forms. For example, the English 
 * present participle (tense = PRESENT) and past participle (tense = PAST).
 * @author Christian M. Meyer
 */
public enum NonFiniteForm {

	/** The infinitive form of a verb (e.g., "(to) do"). */
	INFINITIVE,
	
	/** The participle form of a verb (e.g., "done"). Participle forms should
	 *  be combined with a {@link GrammaticalTense}. */
	PARTICIPLE;

//	ATTRIBUTIVE,
//	CONVERB,	
//	GERUNDIVE,
//	GERUND;
	
}