ToVEFRT YAML source
code: ToVEFRT
mfte_code:
- ToVEFRT
- ToVSTNCall
name: To-clause after effort verb
definition: To-clause preceded by a verb of effort.
normalization: finite_verbs
detection:
- requires:
- lemma
- pos
cql: '[lemma={words} & pos="VB.*"] [pos="TO"] [pos="VB"]'
words:
- 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
description: Verb from list + to + verb base form.
sources:
- biber_2006
- mfte
examples:
- text: try to
- text: manage to