ACT Activity verbs

Definition

Verbs denoting physical activities: buy, make, run, walk, give, take, build, etc.

Detection Rules

mfte

MFTE matches word forms from vb_act list tagged as verbs (_V or _P), excluding tokens already tagged as DO auxiliary (DOAUX).

cql[word={words} & pos="VB.*"]
combine: _ & !DOAUX
Word list (348 items)
accompanied accompanies accompany accompanying acquire acquired acquires acquiring add added adding adds advance advanced advances advancing applied applies apply applying arrange arranged arranges arranging ate beat beaten beating beats behave behaved behaves behaving borrow borrowed borrowing borrows bought bring bringing brings brought burn burned burning burns burnt buy buying buys came carried carries carry carrying catch catches catching caught check checked checking checks clean cleaned cleaner cleanest cleaning cleans climb climbed climbing climbs combine combined combines combining come comes coming control controlled controlling controls cover covered covering covers defend defended defending defends deliver delivered delivering delivers did dig digging digs divide divided divides dividing do does doing done dug earn earned earning earns eat eaten eating eats encounter encountered encountering encounters engage engaged engages engaging exercise exercised exercises exercising expand expanded expanding expands explore explored explores exploring extend extended extending extends fix fixed fixes fixing follow followed following follows form formed forming forms gave give given gives giving hang hanged hanging hangs held hold holding holds hung join joined joining joins lain lay leave leaves leaving left lie lied lies lose loses losing lost lying made make makes making meet meets met move moved moves moving obtain obtained obtaining obtains open opened opening opens paid pass passed passes passing pay paying pays pick picked picking picks play played playing plays produce produced produces producing provide provided provides providing pull pulled pulling pulls put puts putting ran reach reached reaches reaching receive received receives receiving reduce reduced reduces reducing repeat repeated repeating repeats run running runs sat save saved saves saving sell selling sells send sending sends sent shake shaken shakes shaking share shared shares sharing shook show showed showing shown shows sit sits sitting smile smiled smiles smiling sold spend spending spends spent stare stared stares staring take taken takes taking threw throw throwing thrown throws took tried tries try trying turn turned turning turns use used uses using visit visited visiting visits wait waited waiting waits walk walked walking walks watch watched watches watching wear wearing wears win winning wins won wore work worked working works worn

Requires: word, pos

Normalization

Per finite_verbs

Examples

I got up and ran out.

Source: le_foll_2024

Bring your CV.

Source: le_foll_2024

Where have you worked before?

Source: le_foll_2024

Sources

  • mfte — Le Foll, Elen & Shakir, Muhammad (2023/2025) : Multi-Feature Tagger of English (MFTE) — Python version
  • xiao_2009 — Xiao, Richard (2009) : Multidimensional analysis and the study of world Englishes

Notes

From Biber 2006 LGSWE semantic verb categories.