ACT YAML source
code: ACT
xiao_number: B39
mfte_code: ACT
name: Activity verbs
definition: >-
Verbs denoting physical activities: buy, make, run, walk, give, take, build, etc.
normalization: finite_verbs
detection:
- source: mfte
requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words} & pos="VB.*"]'
words:
- 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
combine: "_ & !DOAUX"
description: >-
MFTE matches word forms from vb_act list tagged as verbs (_V or _P),
excluding tokens already tagged as DO auxiliary (DOAUX).
examples:
- text: I _got_ up and _ran_ out.
source: le_foll_2024
- text: _Bring_ your CV.
source: le_foll_2024
- text: Where have you worked before?
source: le_foll_2024
sources:
- mfte
- xiao_2009
notes: From Biber 2006 LGSWE semantic verb categories.