The semantics is future, but tense is a matter of syntax.
The modal verb which establishes future semantics it not in a future tense; it is in its dictionary form: to will.
In archaic English we can say things like "As I will it, so it shall be" where the verb isn't acting as a modal. The modal will comes from that one, I believe.
The semantics is future, but tense is a matter of syntax.
The modal verb which establishes future semantics it not in a future tense; it is in its dictionary form: to will.
In archaic English we can say things like "As I will it, so it shall be" where the verb isn't acting as a modal. The modal will comes from that one, I believe.