The term grammatical mood refers to the use of verbs and different verb forms to

indicate (show) the purpose of a sentence. There are five main grammatical moods in the
English language: indicative mood, interrogative mood, imperative mood, conditional mood,
and subjunctive mood. The grammatical mood of a sentence is defined according to its purpose.
The use of verbs can show whether the sentence intends to express a fact (declarative mood),
an emotion (exclamative mood), a command (imperative mood), or ask a question
(interrogative mood). We can adapt verbs to show the grammatical mood with the help of
inflections (a change in the word form, e.g. adding '-s' or '-ed') and auxiliary verbs (these are
helping verbs, e.g. did, has, was, were, is).

First and foremost, we can identify the interrogative mood which is used in several
sentences in the written text entitled ‘The Pearl’. An interrogative sentence, according to the
Cambridge Dictionary, is defined as “a sentence that asks a question or makes a request for
information.” According to the Collins Dictionary, an interrogative sentence is one “denoting a
form or construction used in asking a question.” The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines an
interrogative sentence as one “having the form or force of a question.” A fine example from the
text would be the sentence "What can I do for you?". This sentence in the text gives the readers
information that the stout man is asking politely to Kino of her purpose to meet him.

Besides, imperative mood sentence is used in the text. The imperative mood is a verb
form used to make a demand or to give advice or instructions (e.g., “slow down!”). The
imperative mood is one of three grammatical moods in English, along with the indicative mood
and the subjunctive mood. Sentences in the imperative mood imply a second-person subject
(i.e., “you”), but they normally don’t include the word “you” or any other subject. The dialogue
“Do not blame me," in the text shows the usage of imperative mood where the dealer is asking
the crowd to not hold him accountable to the mentioned price to the pearl brought by Kino.
Another example is the sentence, And when his servant looked through the rear door, "Boy, go
to such a one, and such another one and such a third one. Ask them to step in here and do not
tell them why. Just say that I will be pleased to see them." In this sentence, readers know that
the dealer is commanding his servant to carry put an errand for him.
 Last but not least, declarative mood is also present in the text. Declarative mood is an
epistemic mood that signals that the proposition expressed by a speaker's utterance is offered
as an unqualified statement of fact. Discussion. The term indicative is used in a narrow sense as
a synonym of declarative. A sentence in the declarative mood essentially expresses a statement
of fact. This is different from the imperative mood, which gives an order to someone, and the
subjunctive mood, which talks about a hypothetical (and not real) situation. The sentence “The
crowd in the doorway wavered and broke and let the three pearl dealers through.” shows a fact
that the crowd let the three pearl dealers. For instance, "Kino watched with the detachment of
God while a dusty ant frantically tried to escape the sand trap an ant lion had dug for it.” This
sentence explains the fact that Kino’s detached attitude toward nature suggests that he is a part
of nature but also above it, like God. The description of the ant caught in the sand trap is a
subtle instance of foreshadowing, as it mirrors Kino’s eventual experience as a helpless prisoner
of his own ambition. The verb in the indicative mood expresses an action as a statement of fact.

As a conclusion, different types of moods are essential for a writer in order to further
amplify their writings. This is because mood evokes emotional responses in readers, it helps to
establish an emotional connection between a piece of literature and its audience. Once readers
feel emotionally impacted by a piece, they will be better able to understand the central
message, or theme, of the work.