WhVLIK YAML source
code: WhVLIK
mfte_code: WhVSTNCall
name: WH-clause after likelihood verb
definition: WH subordinate clause preceded by a likelihood verb.
normalization: finite_verbs
detection:
- requires:
- lemma
- pos
cql: '[lemma={words} & pos="VB.*"] [pos="W.*"]'
words:
- assume
- assumed
- assumes
- assuming
- believe
- believed
- believes
- believing
- doubt
- doubted
- doubting
- doubts
- gather
- gathered
- gathering
- gathers
- guess
- guessed
- guesses
- guessing
- hypothesise
- hypothesised
- hypothesises
- hypothesising
- hypothesize
- hypothesized
- hypothesizes
- hypothesizing
- imagine
- imagined
- imagines
- imagining
- predict
- predicted
- predicting
- predicts
- presume
- presumed
- presumes
- presuming
- presuppose
- presupposed
- presupposes
- presupposing
- reckon
- reckoned
- reckoning
- reckons
- seem
- seemed
- seeming
- seems
- speculate
- speculated
- speculates
- speculating
- suppose
- supposed
- supposes
- supposing
- suspect
- suspected
- suspecting
- suspects
- think
- thinking
- thinks
- thought
description: Verb from stance list + WH-word.
sources:
- biber_2006
- mfte
examples:
- text: guess what
- text: imagine how