OCCUR Occurrence verbs

Definition

Verbs denoting events/changes: become, happen, change, grow, develop, etc.

Detection Rules

mfte

cql[word={words} & pos="VB.*"]
Word list (79 items)
arise arisen arises arising arose became become becomes becoming change changed changes changing develop developed developing develops die died dies disappear disappeared disappearing disappears dying emerge emerged emerges emerging fall fallen falling falls fell flow flowed flowing flows grew grow growing grown grows happen happened happening happens increase increased increases increasing last lasted lasting lasts occur occurred occurring occurs rise risen rises rising rose sank shine shined shines shining shone sink sinking sinks slip slipped slipping slips sunk sunken

Requires: word, pos

Normalization

Per finite_verbs

Examples

Couldn’t have happened at a busier time!

Source: le_foll_2024

The cricket lasts all day.

Source: le_foll_2024

Sources

  • mfte — Le Foll, Elen & Shakir, Muhammad (2023/2025) : Multi-Feature Tagger of English (MFTE) — Python version