ToVEFRT To-clause after effort verb

Definition

To-clause preceded by a verb of effort.

Detection Rules

Verb from list + to + verb base form.

cql[lemma={words} & pos="VB.*"] [pos="TO"] [pos="VB"]
Word list (76 items)
allow allowance allowanced allowances allowancing allowed allowing allows attempt attempted attempting attempts enable enabled enables enabling encourage encouraged encourages encouraging fail failed failing fails help helped helping helps instruct instructed instructing instructs manage managed manages managing obligate obligated obligates obligating oblige obliged obliges obliging order ordered ordering orders permit permits permitted permitting persuade persuaded persuades persuading prompt prompted prompting prompts require required requires requiring requisition requisitioned requisitioning requisitions seek seeking seeks sought tried tries try trying

Requires: lemma, pos

Normalization

Per finite_verbs

Examples

try to

manage 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