ThVATT YAML source
code: ThVATT
mfte_code: ThVSTNCall
name: That-clause after attitudinal verb
definition: That complement clause preceded by an attitudinal verb.
normalization: finite_verbs
detection:
- requires:
- word
- lemma
- pos
cql: '[lemma={words} & pos="VB.*"] [word="that" & pos="IN"]'
words:
- agree
- agreed
- agreeing
- agrees
- anticipate
- anticipated
- anticipates
- anticipating
- complain
- complained
- complaining
- complains
- concede
- conceded
- concedes
- conceding
- ensure
- expect
- expected
- expecting
- expects
- fear
- feared
- fearing
- fears
- feel
- feeling
- feels
- felt
- forget
- forgets
- forgetting
- forgot
- forgotten
- hope
- hoped
- hopes
- hoping
- mind
- minded
- minding
- minds
- prefer
- preferred
- preferring
- prefers
- pretend
- pretended
- pretending
- pretends
- require
- required
- requires
- requiring
- wish
- wished
- wishes
- wishing
- worried
- worries
- worry
- worrying
description: Verb from stance list followed by that-complement.
sources:
- biber_2006
- mfte
examples:
- text: hope that
- text: fear that