O modálních predikativech slovesného původu typu To přende, (se) patři... zbórat

The paper describes the process of modalization of originally verbal expressions such as přijde (in the dialect přende, přydže...), (se) patří...; it explains the causes of this process and its manifestation (consequences) on the morphological and syntactic levels: ta stodola / to stodolo přende / (se) patři jož zbórat... The topic was initiated during work on the Dictionary of Czech Dialects (A-C; available from sncj.ujc.cas.cz) but also by numerous articles on modal expressions (modal verbs and modal predicatives) by Josef Zubatý, co-founder and previous editor of the journal Naše řeč (Our Speech). The process of modalization of these verbal expressions rests on the fact that: (a) they are followed by an infinitive; (b) they keep the form of the 3rd person sg.; (c) they tend toward reflexivization, i.e. the reflexive verbal form (patří / patří se, sluší / sluší se...); (d) these expressions are part of both subject sentences (with the patient in the nominative case) and subjectless sentences (with the patient in the accusative case).