VCOMMother Communication verbs (other contexts)

Definition

Communication verbs not followed by that-clause, WH-clause, or to-clause.

Detection Rules

mfte

Verb from stance list, not in complement context.

cql[lemma={words} & pos="VB.*"]
Word list (307 items)
accuse accused accuses accusing acknowledge acknowledged acknowledges acknowledging address addressed addresses addressing admit admits admitted admitting advise advised advises advising agree agreed agreeing agrees announce announced announces announcing answer answered answering answers appeal appealed appealing appeals argue argued argues arguing ask asked asking asks assert asserted asserting asserts assure assured assures assuring beg begged begging begs call called calling calls challenge challenged challenges challenging claim claimed claiming claims command commanded commanding commands complain complained complaining complains confide confided confides confiding consult consulted consulting consults convince convinced convinces convincing declare declared declares declaring demand demanded demanding demands denied denies deny denying describe described describes describing disagree disagreed disagreeing disagrees discuss discussed discusses discussing emphasise emphasised emphasises emphasising emphasize emphasized emphasizes emphasizing encourage encouraged encourages encouraging excuse excused excuses excusing explain explained explaining explains express expressed expresses expressing inform informed informing informs insist insisted insisting insists invite invited invites inviting mean meaning means meant mention mentioned mentioning mentions object objected objects offer offered offering offers persuade persuaded persuades persuading phone phoned phones phoning plead pleaded pleading pleads pledge pledged pledges pledging pray prayed praying prays promise promised promises promising propose proposed proposes proposing question questioned questioning questions quote quoted quotes quoting recommend recommended recommending recommends remark remarked remarking remarks replied replies reply replying report reported reporting reports respond responded responding responds said sang say saying says shout shouted shouting shouts sign signed signing signs sing singing sings speak speaking speaks specified specifies specify specifying spoke spoken state stated states stating suggest suggested suggesting suggests sung swear swearing swears swore sworn talk talked talking talks taught teach teaches teaching tell telling tells testified testifies testify testifying thank thanked thanking thanks threaten threatened threatening threatens told urge urged urges urging vow vowed vowing vows warn warned warning warns welcome welcomed welcomes welcoming whisper whispered whispering whispers write writes writing written wrote

Requires: lemma, pos

Normalization

Per finite_verbs

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

Notes

Residual: same verb list as Th/To/Wh variants, but in non-complement contexts.