ToNSTNC To-clause after stance noun
Definition
To-clause preceded by a stance noun.
Detection Rules
Stance noun + to + verb base form.
cql[lemma={words} & pos="NN.*"] [pos="TO"] [pos="VB"]
Word list (36 items)
agreement
agreements
decision
decisions
desire
desires
failure
failures
inclination
inclinations
intention
intentions
obligation
obligations
opportunities
opportunity
plan
plans
promise
promises
proposal
proposals
reluctance
reluctances
responsibilities
responsibility
right
rights
tendencies
tendency
threat
threats
willingness
willingnesses
wish
wishes
Normalization
Per nouns
Examples
decision to
plan to
Sources
- biber_2006 — Biber, Douglas (2006) : University Language — A Corpus-based Study of Spoken and Written Registers
- mfte — Le Foll, Elen & Shakir, Muhammad (2023/2025) : Multi-Feature Tagger of English (MFTE) — Python version