CAUSE Causative/facilitation verbs

Xiao B34 MFTE CAUSE

Definition

Verbs expressing causation or facilitation: help, let, allow, force, make (causative), enable, etc.

Detection Rules

mfte

cql[word={words} & pos="VB.*"]
Word list (55 items)
affect affected affecting affects allow allowed allowing allows assist assisted assisting assists cause caused causes causing enable enabled enables enabling ensure ensured ensures ensuring force forced forces forcing guarantee guaranteed guaranteeing guarantees help helped helping helps influence influenced influences influencing let lets letting permit permits permitted permitting prevent prevented preventing prevents require required requires requiring

Requires: word, pos

Normalization

Per finite_verbs

Examples

He helped her escape.

Source: le_foll_2024

I pleaded with her to let me go.

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

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