VCOMMother YAML source

code: VCOMMother
name: Communication verbs (other contexts)
definition: Communication verbs not followed by that-clause, WH-clause, or to-clause.
normalization: finite_verbs
detection:
- source: mfte
  requires:
  - lemma
  - pos
  cql: '[lemma={words} & pos="VB.*"]'
  words:
  - 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
  description: Verb from stance list, not in complement context.
sources:
- biber_2006
- mfte
notes: 'Residual: same verb list as Th/To/Wh variants, but in non-complement contexts.'