an fxsl-inspired (I think) answer:
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:variable name="x">
<x>
<a>
<b/>
<c/>
</a>
<d/>
</x>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:template match="q:___" xmlns:q="data:,q" mode="one">one</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="q:___" xmlns:q="data:,q" mode="two">two</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="q:___" xmlns:q="data:,q" mode="three">three</xsl:template>
<xsl:variable name="modetest" as="element()">
<q:___ xmlns:q="data:,q"/>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:template name="m">
<xsl:message select="'-------------'"/>
<xsl:apply-templates mode="one" select="$x/*"/>
<xsl:message select="'-------------'"/>
<xsl:apply-templates mode="two" select="$x/*"/>
<xsl:message select="'-------------'"/>
<xsl:apply-templates mode="three" select="$x/*"/>
<xsl:message select="'-------------'"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="*" mode="#all">
<xsl:variable name="mode">
<xsl:apply-templates select="$modetest" mode="#current"/>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:message select="name(), 'in mode ', $mode"/>
<xsl:apply-templates mode="#current"/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
$ saxon9 -it m mode.xsl
-------------
x in mode one
a in mode one
b in mode one
c in mode one
d in mode one
-------------
x in mode two
a in mode two
b in mode two
c in mode two
d in mode two
-------------
x in mode three
a in mode three
b in mode three
c in mode three
d in mode three
-------------
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