ThJEVL YAML source
code: ThJEVL
name: That-clause after evaluative adjective
definition: That complement clause preceded by an evaluative adjective.
normalization: finite_verbs
detection:
- requires:
- word
- lemma
- pos
cql: '[lemma={words} & pos="JJ.*"] [word="that" & pos="IN"]'
words:
- amazing
- appropriate
- conceivable
- crucial
- essential
- fortunate
- imperative
- inconceivable
- incredible
- interesting
- lucky
- necessary
- nice
- noteworthy
- odd
- ridiculous
- strange
- surprising
- unacceptable
- unfortunate
description: Adjective from stance list followed by that-complement.
sources:
- biber_2006
- mfte
examples:
- text: crucial that
- text: surprising that