VBSPEECH YAML source
code: VBSPEECH
xiao_number: B41
name: Verbs of speech acts
definition: Verbs denoting speech acts (broader than public verbs).
normalization: words
detection:
- source: xiao_2009
requires:
- usas
usas_code: Q2
- source: usas
requires:
- lemma
- pos
cql: '[lemma={words} & pos="VB|VBD|VBG|VBN|VBP|VBZ"]'
words:
- Enrolled
- aaaing
- abrogating
- account
- accounts
- accuse
- accused
- acknowledge
- adjure
- admit
- admitting
- admonish
- admonished
- advise
- advocate
- affirm
- affirmed
- affirming
- affirms
- allay
- allege
- alleging
- allude
- announce
- answer
- answered
- answering
- answers
- apologise
- apologize
- apologized
- applied
- applies
- apply
- apprise
- argue
- argued
- arguing
- articulate
- ask
- asked
- asking
- assail
- assert
- attacking
- attest
- attested
- aver
- averred
- avow
- babble
- badger
- badgered
- bandied
- bandy
- bandying
- banter
- bargain
- barrack
- bawl
- bawling
- beef
- beg
- begging
- bellow
- bellowing
- bellows
- berate
- beseech
- beseeching
- besmirch
- besought
- bewail
- bicker
- bickering
- bitch
- blab
- blabbed
- blabber
- blabbing
- blame
- blamed
- blaming
- blaspheme
- blather
- blurt
- blurted
- bluster
- bollock
- bollocked
- boo
- booming
- brief
- briefed
- briefing
- broach
- broached
- bullshit
- bumble
- burble
- burbled
- burbling
- cajole
- call
- calling
- calls
- carp
- castigate
- castigating
- catechising
- catechize
- caution
- cautioned
- certified
- certifies
- certify
- chat
- chatter
- chatting
- cheer
- chidden
- chide
- chided
- chides
- chiding
- chunter
- cite
- cited
- cites
- citing
- claim
- coax
- coaxing
- codename
- codenamed
- commend
- comment
- commentate
- commentated
- communicate
- complain
- complains
- complaint
- complaints
- concede
- condemn
- condemned
- condemning
- condemns
- confer
- conferring
- confess
- confessed
- confesses
- confide
- congratulate
- consult
- consulted
- consulting
- consults
- contact
- contend
- contended
- contending
- contract
- contracting
- converse
- convey
- conveyed
- covenant
- criticise
- criticize
- criticized
- criticizing
- curse
- cursed
- cursing
- cuss
- damn
- de-brief
- debate
- debating
- debrief
- declaim
- declaimed
- declare
- decree
- decry
- dedicate
- dedicated
- defame
- define
- demand
- demanded
- demanding
- denied
- denounce
- deny
- describe
- designate
- designated
- designating
- detail
- detailing
- dictate
- dictates
- disclaim
- disclaimed
- disclaiming
- disclaims
- disclose
- discourse
- discredit
- discredits
- discuss
- disparaged
- disparaging
- dispute
- disseminate
- dissuade
- dissuaded
- dissuading
- drawl
- dubbed
- dubs
- egg
- eggs
- elaborate
- elucidate
- enlighten
- enlightened
- enlightening
- enquire
- enroling
- entreat
- entreated
- exclaim
- exclaimed
- exclaims
- excuse
- exhort
- explain
- extol
- flames
- forecast
- foretell
- foretelling
- foretells
- foretold
- formalise
- formalised
- formalized
- gab
- gabbing
- gabble
- gag
- gainsay
- gainsaying
- gibber
- gibbered
- gibbering
- gossip
- gossiping
- grass
- greet
- greeted
- greeting
- greets
- grouse
- grunting
- ha
- haah
- haahed
- haggle
- hail
- hailed
- hailing
- hails
- haing
- harp
- heckle
- heckling
- hedge
- henpeck
- henpecked
- henpecking
- herald
- heralds
- hint
- hollering
- howled
- hype
- hyped
- implore
- injoined
- inquire
- insinuate
- insinuating
- instruct
- insult
- interject
- interpose
- interrogate
- interrupt
- interrupting
- interview
- interviews
- intimate
- inveigh
- inveighing
- inveigled
- invite
- jabber
- jabbering
- jaw
- jawing
- lambaste
- lament
- lamenting
- lecture
- lecturing
- mention
- mentor
- mentored
- mentoring
- misreport
- misreporting
- moan
- moaning
- mock
- mooted
- mouth
- mouths
- mumble
- mumbled
- mumbling
- murmur
- murmured
- mutter
- muttered
- muttering
- mutters
- nag
- name
- named
- naming
- narrate
- natter
- nattering
- negate
- negotiate
- negotiated
- negotiating
- nit-pick
- nit-picking
- nitpick
- nitpicks
- note
- notified
- notify
- opined
- out-talk
- outline
- overbook
- overbooked
- overhyped
- paging
- persuade
- persuaded
- persuading
- pester
- pestered
- pestering
- petition
- petitions
- ple
- plead
- pleading
- pled
- pontificate
- prattle
- prattling
- pre-agree
- pre-agreed
- pre-book
- pre-booked
- preach
- precising
- predict
- predicts
- prime
- proclaim
- proclaimed
- proclaiming
- profess
- professed
- professing
- prophesy
- propose
- protest
- pseud
- publicise
- publicize
- publicized
- queried
- queries
- query
- question
- questioning
- quibble
- quote
- rabbit
- rabbited
- rabble
- rail
- railed
- railing
- rails
- rant
- rat
- re-apply
- re-book
- re-designate
- re-designated
- re-negotiate
- re-promote
- re-promoting
- re-state
- re-stated
- re-stress
- re-word
- re-worded
- readvertise
- readvertising
- reaffirm
- reapply
- rebook
- rebooked
- rebuke
- recant
- recap
- recapitulate
- recite
- recommend
- recount
- refer
- reference
- referred
- referring
- refers
- refuse
- reiterate
- relay
- relayed
- remark
- remarking
- remarks
- remonstrate
- remonstrated
- renegotiate
- renegotiated
- reorder
- reordered
- reordering
- replied
- reply
- report
- reprehend
- reprimand
- reproach
- reproached
- reproof
- reprove
- reproved
- repudiate
- request
- restate
- restated
- retell
- reword
- reworded
- ridicule
- rumour
- said
- saith
- say
- says
- schmoozing
- scold
- scolds
- scream
- screamed
- shout
- shouted
- shouts
- shriek
- shrieke
- shrieking
- shrieks
- sigh
- sighing
- sighs
- slag
- slagging
- slander
- slandered
- slate
- slated
- slates
- slating
- solicit
- solicited
- soliciting
- solicits
- speak
- speaks
- speel
- spoke
- spoken
- squabble
- squawk
- squawked
- stammer
- state
- statement
- stress
- stutter
- stuttered
- suggest
- summarise
- summarising
- summarize
- summoned
- swear
- swearing
- swore
- sworn
- table
- takking
- talk
- taunt
- tell
- telling
- tells
- term
- terms
- title
- titled
- told
- tongue
- tut
- tutting
- unburden
- unburdens
- under-forecast
- undertook
- unnotified
- unquote
- upbraid
- upbraided
- ur
- urge
- urm
- utter
- verbalise
- verbalised
- verbalize
- verbalized
- voice
- voices
- vouch
- vow
- vowed
- vows
- waffle
- wail
- wailing
- welcome
- whing
- whinge
- whinging
- whisper
- whispered
- whispering
- winge
- witter
- wittering
- woo
- wooed
- wooing
- wrangles
- yak
- yakking
- yell
sources:
- xiao_2009
- usas