Verbal Predicate Lexicon Fragment #
English verb lexical entries with morphology, argument structure, semantic class, and links to compositional semantics (CoS, attitudes, causatives).
Semantic types (ComplementType, Attitude, etc.) and the
cross-linguistic Verb structure live in Core/Verbs.lean. This file
defines VerbEntry extends Verb with English-specific inflectional fields
and provides smart constructors for regular verbs.
Compute regular 3sg present form.
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Compute regular past tense / past participle form.
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Compute regular present participle form.
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- English.Predicates.Verbal.regularPresPart stem = if (stem.endsWith "e" && !stem.endsWith "ee") = true then String.ofList (stem.toList.dropLast ++ "ing".toList) else stem ++ "ing"
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A complete English lexical entry for a verb.
Extends the cross-linguistic Verb (argument structure, semantic class,
compositional links) with English-specific inflectional morphology.
- unaccusative : Bool
- passivizable : Bool
- implicitObj : Option ImplicitInterp
- implicitGoal : Option ImplicitInterp
- vendlerClass : Option Features.VendlerClass
- cosType : Option Features.ChangeOfState.CoSType
- presupType : Option PresupTriggerType
- projectionBehavior : Option ProjectionBehavior
- implicative : Option Implicative
- causalSource : Option Causation.Psych.CausalSource
- opaqueContext : Bool
- attitude : Option Features.Attitude
- complementSig : Option NaturalLogic.Signature
- levinClass : Option ArgumentStructure.LevinClass
- form : String
- speechActVerb : Bool
- form3sg : String
Third person singular present (for agreement)
- formPast : String
Past tense form
- formPastPart : String
Past participle (for passives, perfects)
- formPresPart : String
Present participle / gerund
- isRegular : Bool
Are all inflected forms rule-predictable from the citation form?
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- English.Predicates.Verbal.instBEqVerbEntry.beq x✝¹ x✝ = false
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"sleep" — intransitive, no presupposition
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"run" — intransitive, no presupposition
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"arrive" — unaccusative intransitive
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"come" — Levin 51.1 inherently directed motion, like arrive.
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"eat" — transitive, implicit object is indefinite ("Have you eaten?")
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"kick" — transitive
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"give" — ditransitive, alternates DOC/PP. Implicit goal is definite ([Fil86]: pragmatically recoverable). Neither object can be implicit alone.
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"put" — locative
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"weigh" — measure predicate selecting for mass/weight.
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"cover" — motion/extent predicate selecting for distance.
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"measure" — general measurement predicate.
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"buy" — irregular transitive
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"meet" — irregular transitive
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"sell" — change of possession, alternates DOC/PP. Implicit DO is definite; implicit goal is indefinite.
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"leave" — transitive (also used intransitively with argument drop)
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"see" — transitive, can also embed clauses
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"know" — factive, presupposes complement is true
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"regret" — factive, presupposes complement is true
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"realize" — factive, presupposes complement is true
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"discover" — semifactive, weaker projection
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"notice" — semifactive
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"stop" — CoS cessation, presupposes activity was happening
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"quit" — CoS cessation
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"start" — CoS inception, presupposes activity wasn't happening
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"begin" — CoS inception
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"continue" — CoS continuation, presupposes activity was happening
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"keep" — CoS continuation
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"manage" — positive implicative: "managed to VP" entails "VP".
Traditional analysis: agentive subject controls the complement.
See also manage_occasion for the [SB24] analysis.
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"fail" — negative implicative: "failed to VP" entails "not VP"
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"try" — subject control, no entailment
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"persuade" — object control: "persuade X to VP" (X = agent of VP). Psychological attitude verb: causes the object to form an intention. Projects AUTHOR coordinate → obligatory de se ([Lan15] table (36)).
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"promise" — subject control with object: "promise X to VP". Desiderative attitude verb: the subject commits to a future action. [Lan15] (5c) classifies it as desiderative → logophoric control.
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"remember" — implicative with infinitival ("remember to call")
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"forget" — negative implicative with infinitival
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"neglect" — negative implicative ([Kar71] §10, ex. 38): "John neglected to lock his door" entails "John didn't lock his door."
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"believe" — doxastic attitude verb, creates opaque context
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"think" — doxastic attitude verb
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"want" — preferential attitude verb with infinitival complement
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"intend" — intention-reporting attitude verb ([Gra24]). Primary frame: infinitival with subject control ("intend to leave"). Alternate frame: for-to non-control ("intend for Ben to come along"). Rejects indicative complements cross-linguistically: "Kim intends that Sandy leaves." Requires eventuality abstraction (CAUSE binds the complement's event argument).
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"decide" — belief/intention hybrid attitude verb ([Gra24], §6.2). Nonfinite complement → intention formation: "Kim decided to quit smoking" Finite complement → belief formation: "Kim decided that smoking is harmful" The complement type determines the reading, as with Italian convincere ([FS26]).
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"hope" — preferential attitude verb (Class 3: anti-rogative). Primary frame: finite clause ("hope that John leaves"). Alternate frame: infinitival with subject control ("hope to leave").
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"pray" — preferential attitude verb, permits future temporal orientation. [Kle16]: like hope, pray can take a circumstantial modal base, allowing future-oriented readings under past tense morphology. Primary frame: finite clause ("pray that God helps"). Alternate frame: infinitival with subject control ("pray to be saved").
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"expect" — preferential attitude verb (Class 3: anti-rogative)
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"wish" — preferential attitude verb (Class 3: anti-rogative)
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"fear" — preferential attitude verb (Class 2: takes questions)
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"dread" — preferential attitude verb (Class 2: takes questions)
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"worry" — preferential attitude verb (Class 1: takes questions, non-C-distributive)
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"seem" — raising verb (no theta role for subject, unaccusative)
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"cause" — counterfactual dependence (necessity semantics)
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"make" — direct sufficient guarantee
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"let" — permissive causative (barrier removal)
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"have" — causative use (directive causation)
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"get" — causative use (persuasive causation)
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"force" — coercive causative (overcome resistance)
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"prevent" — blocking causative (barrier addition).
"X prevented Y from V-ing" entails the effect did NOT occur
(¬p in w₀) but would have without X's intervention.
[NL20]: preventSem (dual of causeSem).
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"kill" — thin lexical causative (kill = cause-to-die, COMPACT type).
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"tear" — Levin 45.1 Break Verbs. Contrary-direction separation with force. Unlike break, tear implies a specific directionality (bidirectional / pulling apart) and is compatible with careful controlled action. Patient restriction: any solid capable of irregular separation. [SMcN26] (§3.1–3.2). [MBB08]: Dimension 2 — tearing consistently distinguished from break/cut across 10/28 languages.
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"crack" — Levin 45.1 Break verbs. Physical disturbance CoS verb. [Tha25]: closed scale (contra [RH14] two-point classification), but allows BOTH telic ("cracked in a minute") and atelic ("cracked for two days") readings. Compatible with completely, partially, badly. The verb is NOT a standard degree achievement: its variable telicity does not reduce to scale boundedness alone.
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"dent" — Levin 45.1 Break verbs. Physical disturbance CoS verb. [Tha25]: closed scale, compatible with more dented, completely dented, badly dented.
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"scratch" — Levin 45.1 Break verbs. Physical disturbance CoS verb. [Tha25]: closed scale, compatible with more scratched, completely scratched, badly scratched. Note: also has a manner reading (Levin §10.4.1 wipe verbs: "The cat scratched the sofa") distinct from the CoS reading formalized here.
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"shatter" — Levin 45.1 Break verbs. NOT a physical disturbance verb. Punctual, non-gradable: shatter in two minutes (after, not duration), #shatter for two minutes, ??more shattered ([Tha25] (12)).
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"burn" — thick lexical causative (manner = by fire/heat).
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"destroy" — thin lexical causative (result-only, no manner).
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"melt" — thick lexical causative (manner = by heat). Base transitive that productively takes DOC ("melt me some ice cream"). Implicit obj is indefinite ("the ice cream melted" / "we're melting").
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"activate" — thin causative, CoS without manner.
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"affect" — thin causative, general effect.
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"change" — thin causative, transformation (§26.6).
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"damage" — thin causative, partial destruction.
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"eliminate" — thin causative, removal/destruction.
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"hurt" — thin causative, generic harm.
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"restore" — thin causative, reverse transformation (§26.6).
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"trigger" — thin causative, engender class (§27).
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"bury" — thick causative (state), concealment (§16).
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"drop" — thick causative, caused falling (§45.4).
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"lift" — thick causative, caused upward motion (§11.4 carry).
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"lock" — thick causative, caused secured state (§45.4).
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"shut" — thick causative, caused closed state (§45.4).
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"spread" — thick causative, spray/load class (§9.7).
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"stretch" — thick causative, bend class (§45.2).
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"switch" — thick causative, CoS (§45.4).
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"devour" — transitive, no presupposition
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"read" — transitive, no presupposition
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"build" — creation verb, strictly incremental theme. Base transitive that productively takes DOC ("build us a house").
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"write" — creation verb, strictly incremental theme. Alternates DOC/PP. Implicit DO in both frames (indefinite). Uniquely allows implicit DO in both DOC and PP ([Bru21]).
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"sweep" — motion + sustained contact, variable agentivity (default sense).
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"sweep" instrument sense — obligatorily agentive, broom lexicalized.
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"say" — communication verb, not factive
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"tell" — communication verb with recipient. Also ditransitive ("tell me a story"). Implicit second obj is definite ([Bru21]: recoverable). Implicit goal (PP) is indefinite.
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"claim" — communication verb, speaker doesn't endorse
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The 20 clause-embedding predicates from [DT21]. Predicates already defined above: know, discover, see, think, say, hear. "be annoyed" and "be right" are copular constructions, not simple verbs.
"reveal" — factive communication verb ([DT22]: canonically factive)
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"acknowledge" — optionally factive communication verb
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"admit" — optionally factive communication verb
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"announce" — communication verb
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"confess" — optionally factive communication verb
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"inform" — optionally factive communication verb with recipient
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"suggest" — non-factive communication verb
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"pretend" — anti-veridical attitude verb
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"confirm" — evidential verb
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"demonstrate" — evidential verb
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"establish" — evidential verb
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"prove" — evidential verb
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Manner-of-speaking (MoS) verbs specify how something is said. [Sto26c] shows these divide into two classes: - QI-permitting (unaccusative): whisper, murmur, mumble, mutter, shout, cry, scream, shriek, yell, groan, grumble, hiss, sigh, whimper, snap - Non-QI (unergative): speak, talk
"whisper" — MoS verb, permits quotative inversion (unaccusative)
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"murmur" — MoS verb, permits quotative inversion (unaccusative)
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"shout" — MoS verb, permits quotative inversion (unaccusative)
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"cry" — MoS verb, permits quotative inversion (unaccusative)
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"scream" — MoS verb, permits quotative inversion (unaccusative)
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"mumble" — MoS verb, permits quotative inversion (unaccusative)
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"mutter" — MoS verb, permits quotative inversion (unaccusative)
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"shriek" — MoS verb, permits quotative inversion (unaccusative)
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"yell" — MoS verb, permits quotative inversion (unaccusative)
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"groan" — MoS verb, permits quotative inversion (unaccusative)
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"grumble" — MoS verb, permits quotative inversion (unaccusative)
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"hiss" — MoS verb, permits quotative inversion (unaccusative)
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"sigh" — MoS verb, permits quotative inversion (unaccusative)
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"whimper" — MoS verb, permits quotative inversion (unaccusative)
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"snap" — MoS verb, permits quotative inversion (unaccusative)
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"speak" — agentive communication verb, blocks quotative inversion (unergative)
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"talk" — agentive communication verb, blocks quotative inversion (unergative)
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"wonder" — embeds questions only
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"ask" — embeds questions
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"investigate" — rogative, embeds interrogatives only
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"depend_on" — rogative, embeds interrogatives only ([Day25]: rogativeCP)
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"remember" in factive/question-embedding sense.
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"forget" in factive/question-embedding sense.
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Occasion verbs presuppose a prior occasioning eventuality and have experiencer (agent-evocator) subjects. They pattern with AgExp verbs for implicit causality bias.
"manage" has two entries: `manage` (`.default`, agentive subject — traditional
implicative analysis) and `manage_occasion` (`.occasion`, experiencer subject —
Solstad & Bott's agent-evocator analysis). This mirrors [kim-2024]'s observation
that the same verb can project different effective argument structures
depending on the interpretive context.
"manage" occasion sense — agent-evocator subject.
Same implicative semantics as manage, but subject is experiencer
(sentience + independent existence, no entailed volition/causation).
The do-test passes pragmatically because the complement denotes a
volitional action, not because the matrix verb entails agentivity.
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"dare" — positive implicative with prerequisite presupposition: courage. "Ana dared to enter the cave" → "Ana entered the cave." Presupposes that daring/courageous action was required for complement realization ([Nad23b] §5.2, ex. 3–4, 26).
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"bother" — positive implicative with prerequisite presupposition: engagement. "He bothered to answer" → "He answered." Presupposes that overcoming apathy/effort was required ([Nad23b] §2, ex. 10, 28).
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"hesitate" — polarity-reversing one-way implicative. "Amira hesitated to drink a beer" ↛ "Amira did not drink a beer." "Amira did not hesitate to drink a beer" → "Amira drank a beer." The paper does not explicitly name the prerequisite for hesitate; it is treated as a polarity-reversing analog of dare ([Nad23b] §6.4, ex. 45–47).
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"venture" — positive implicative ([Kar71] ex. 2): "John ventured to speak" entails "John spoke."
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"condescend" — positive implicative ([Kar71] ex. 2): "John condescended to help" entails "John helped."
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"happen" — raising verb, positive implicative ([Kar71] ex. 2): "John happened to see Mary" entails "John saw Mary." Raising: "It happened to rain" — no theta role for matrix subject.
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[Lev93] class 31.2 (admire). Subject = experiencer, object = stimulus. NP1 (subject) IC bias.
"enjoy" — AgExp verb (experiencer-subject)
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"like" — AgExp verb (experiencer-subject)
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"love" — AgExp verb (experiencer-subject)
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"hate" — AgExp verb (experiencer-subject)
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"admire" — AgExp verb (experiencer-subject)
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"envy" — AgExp verb (experiencer-subject). DOC-only ditransitive ("He envies me the car"). Implicit goal is definite (familiar). Implicit second obj is indefinite.
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"respect" — AgExp verb (experiencer-subject)
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"value" — AgExp verb (experiencer-subject)
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"fear" (NP complement) — Class I psych verb (B&R temere).
"John fears snakes." Experiencer subject, stimulus object.
Note: fear (attitude verb, clausal complement) is defined separately.
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"dread" (NP complement) — Class I psych verb.
"John dreads exams." Note: dread (attitude, clausal) defined separately.
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[Lev93] class 31.1 (amuse). Subject = stimulus, object = experiencer. NP2 (object) IC bias.
"frighten" — StimExp verb (stimulus-subject, eventive: [Kim24] UPH)
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"amuse" — StimExp verb (stimulus-subject, eventive: [Kim24] UPH)
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"fascinate" — StimExp verb (stimulus-subject, eventive: [Kim24] UPH)
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"surprise" — eventive Class II (Levin 31.1). "The news surprised John."
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"delight" — eventive Class II (Levin 31.1). "The gift delighted Mary."
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"embarrass" — eventive Class II (Levin 31.1). "The remark embarrassed John."
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"upset" — eventive Class II (Levin 31.1). "The news upset Mary."
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"disgust" — eventive Class II (Levin 31.1). "The smell disgusted John."
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"shock" — eventive Class II (Levin 31.1). "The revelation shocked everyone."
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"confuse" — eventive Class II (Levin 31.1). "The instructions confused John."
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"disappoint" — eventive Class II (Levin 31.1). "The result disappointed Mary."
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"worry" (eventive) — Class II, external cause. "The noise worried John."
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"worry" (stative) — Class II, internal cause. "The situation worries John." [Kim24] UPH: same theta grid as worry_eventive, different causal source.
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"please" — stative Class II ([Kim24] UPH, internal cause). "The idea pleases John." Related to B&R Class III It. piacere.
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"trouble" — stative Class II ([Kim24] UPH, internal cause). "The thought troubles John."
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"puzzle" — stative Class II ([Kim24] UPH, internal cause). "The problem puzzles John."
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Agent-patient verbs with full agentive subjects. NP1 IC bias (default). "kick" already defined above.
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"shove" — verb of exerting force (Levin 12, [Lev26] (31))
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"tug" — verb of exerting force (Levin 12, [Lev26] (31))
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"fling" — verb of exerting force / throwing (Levin 12/17, [Lev26] (31)). Irregular past.
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"slam" — verb of surface contact, hitting (Levin 18.1, [Lev26] (32a)). Irregular doubling.
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"punch" — verb of surface contact, hitting (Levin 18.1, [Lev26] (32a))
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"smack" — verb of surface contact, hitting (Levin 18.1, [Lev26] (32a))
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"thump" — verb of surface contact, hitting (Levin 18.1, [Lev26] (32a))
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"bang" — verb of surface contact, hitting (Levin 18.1, [Lev26] (32a))
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"thrash" — verb of surface contact, hitting (Levin 18.1, [Lev26] (32a))
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"scrape" — verb of surface contact, wiping (Levin 10.4, [Lev26] (32b)). In intr-push-open, enters through surface-contact sense, not removing sense.
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"carry" — AgPat verb (Levin 11.4)
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"call" — AgPat verb (communication + agent-patient frame)
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"place" — Levin 9.1 Put verbs. Instantaneous placement.
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"pour" — Levin 9.5 Pour verbs. Manner of caused motion.
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"spray" — Levin 9.7 Spray/Load verbs. Locative alternation.
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"load" — Levin 9.7 Spray/Load verbs. Locative alternation.
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"remove" — Levin 10.1 Remove verbs.
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"clean" — Levin 10.3 Clear verbs. Incremental by surface area. Also a degree achievement: closed scale (maximally clean).
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"steal" — Levin 10.5 Steal verbs.
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"send" — Levin 11.1 Send verbs. Alternates DOC/PP. Goal does not entail possession (prospective). Neither object implicit alone.
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"drive" — Levin 11.5 Drive verbs (vehicle-mediated motion).
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"donate" — Levin 13.2 Contribute verbs.
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"obtain" — Levin 13.5 Get verbs.
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"trade" — Levin 13.6 Exchange verbs.
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"learn" — Levin 14 Learn verbs.
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"hold" — Levin 15.1 Hold verbs. Stative.
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"hide" — Levin 16 Conceal verbs.
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"throw" — Levin 17.1 Throw verbs. Ballistic motion. Alternates DOC/PP. Implicit DO in PP frame only (definite).
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"poke" — Levin 19 Poke verbs. Punctual contact.
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"touch" — Levin 20 Touch verbs. Surface contact.
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"cut" — Levin 21.1 Cut verbs. Incremental by length of cut. [MBB08]: Dimension 1 high predictability — sharp instrument on yielding object → predictable locus of separation.
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"chop" — Levin 21.2 Carve verbs.
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"mix" — Levin 22.1 Mix verbs. Incremental by proportion combined.
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"separate" — Levin 23.1 Separate verbs.
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"paint" — Levin 24 Color verbs. Incremental by surface area.
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"draw" — Levin 25 Image Creation verbs. Incremental by extent.
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"create" — Levin 26.4 Create verbs.
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"grow" — Levin 26.2 Grow verbs. Incremental by size.
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"perform" — Levin 26.7 Performance verbs.
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"appoint" — Levin 29.1 Appoint verbs.
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"hear" — Levin 30.1 See verbs. Stative perception. Also embeds finite clauses (optionally factive per [DT22]).
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"blame" — Levin 33 Judgment verbs.
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"evaluate" — Levin 34 Assessment verbs.
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"marry" — Levin 36 Social Interaction verbs.
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"bark" — Levin 38 Animal Sound verbs.
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"breathe" — Levin 40.1 Body Process verbs.
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"cough" — Levin 40.1 Body Process verbs. Semelfactive: single involuntary event, no result state ([Smi97] §2.4.3).
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"hiccup" — Levin 40.1 Body Process verbs. Semelfactive: single involuntary body event ([Smi97] §2.4.3).
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"blink" — Levin 40.3 Body-Internal Motion. Semelfactive: single instantaneous eye movement ([Smi97] §2.4.3).
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"knock" — Levin 18.1 Hit verbs (intransitive use). Semelfactive: single percussive contact event ([Smi97] §2.4.3: "Guy knocked at the door").
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"tap" — Levin 18.1 Hit verbs (intransitive use). Semelfactive: single light percussive contact event ([Smi97] §2.4.3).
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"flash" — Levin 43.1 Light Emission verbs. Semelfactive: single instantaneous light event ([Smi97] §2.4.3).
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"flinch" — Levin 40.5 Flinch verbs. Involuntary reaction.
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"dress" — Levin 41.1 Dress verbs.
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"drown" — Levin 42.2 Poison verbs. Manner-of-killing.
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"glow" — Levin 43.1 Light Emission verbs.
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"buzz" — Levin 43.2 Sound Emission verbs.
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"bleed" — Levin 43.4 Substance Emission verbs.
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"bend" — Levin 45.2 Bend verbs. Causative/inchoative alternation. Degree achievement: closed scale (straight → bent, has maximal endpoint).
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"boil" — Levin 45.3 Cooking verbs. Causative/inchoative alternation. Degree achievement: closed scale (reaches boiling point).
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"rust" — Levin 45.5 Entity-Specific CoS verbs. Inchoative only. Degree achievement: open scale (no maximum rustedness).
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"increase" — Levin 45.6 Calibratable CoS verbs (degree achievements). Degree achievement: open scale (no maximum quantity).
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"straighten" — Closed-scale degree achievement (base adj: straight). Accomplishment: "straightened the wire in 10 seconds."
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"flatten" — Closed-scale degree achievement (base adj: flat). Accomplishment: "flattened the dough in 2 minutes."
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"open" — Closed-scale degree achievement (base adj: open, closed scale). Accomplishment: "opened the door in 3 seconds."
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"lengthen" — Open-scale degree achievement (base adj: long, open scale). Activity: "lengthened the rope for hours."
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"widen" — Open-scale degree achievement (base adj: wide, open scale). Activity: "widened the road for months."
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"cool" — Open-scale degree achievement (base adj: cool, open scale). Activity: "cooled for an hour."
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"warm" — Open-scale degree achievement (base adj: warm, open scale). Activity: "warmed for an hour."
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"exist" — Levin 47.1 Exist verbs. Pure state.
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"appear" — Levin 48.1 Appear verbs. Punctual emergence.
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"fidget" — Levin 49 Body-Internal Motion verbs.
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"sit" — Levin 50 Assume Position verbs. Stative.
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"walk" — Levin 51.3 Manner of Motion verbs.
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"fly" — Levin 51.4 Vehicle Motion verbs.
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"avoid" — Levin 52 Avoid verbs. Stative.
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"linger" — Levin 53.1 Linger verbs.
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"rush" — Levin 53.2 Rush verbs.
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"rain" — Levin 57 Weather verbs. Expletive subject.
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Ditransitive verbs classified by their implicit argument behavior, following [Bru21] Table (56). The classification is theory-neutral: it records surface optionality and interpretation without committing to a specific structural analysis.
"charge" — DOC-only. Implicit second obj indef, implicit goal def (addressee).
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"deny" — DOC-only. Implicit goal def; second object obligatory ([Bru21] Table 56 row 3 col 1, ex. (32d) p. 1032).
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"assign" — alternating (DOC + PP). Implicit goal def; second object obligatory (Pesetsky 1995:157 ex. (3a-c); [Bru21] Table 56 row 3).
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Look up a verb entry by citation form.
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Convert a verb entry to a Word in base/plural present form.
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Convert a verb entry to a Word in past tense (active finite) form.
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The past participle as a Word; original valence retained (perfects:
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These verify that the Fragment's causative annotations are consistent
with the formal semantics in Causation.
The semantic-dispatch grounding theorems (e.g., make_semantics,
cause_semantics, prevent_semantics, sufficiency_verbs_share_truth_conditions,
lexical_causatives_match_make) are in the V2 sub-namespace below,
parameterized by an arbitrary SEM V α. The legacy versions (which
referenced Causative.toSemantics over CausalDynamics) were removed
in Phase D-G in favor of the polymorphic V2 versions.
"make" asserts sufficiency — derived from its builder.
"cause" does NOT assert sufficiency.
"prevent" asserts neither sufficiency nor necessity —
it uses the dual preventSem (blocking).
"prevent" is an EN trigger — it entails ¬p in w₀ (complement falsity), satisfying the FORGET class licensing condition ([JK21], §6.1.4).
Lexical causative theorems #
All lexical causatives use the .make builder.
Lexical causatives all assert sufficiency — like periphrastic "make".
Semantic-dispatch grounding for implicatives is in the V2
sub-namespace (manage_semantics_implicative, fail_semantics_implicative)
parameterized by an arbitrary SEM V α. The legacy versions were
removed in Phase D-G.
"manage" is a positive implicative: success entails the complement
(Implicative.manageSem).
"fail" is a negative implicative: success entails the complement's
negation (Implicative.failSem).
"remember" is a positive implicative: success entails the complement.
"forget" is a negative implicative: success entails the complement's negation.
V2 mirror of the rfl theorems above on the BoolSEM substrate.
Each statement is parameterized by an arbitrary deterministic acyclic
SEM M; Causative.toSemantics M dispatches to the V2 hub
predicates (Sufficiency.makeSem, Necessity.causeSem,
Prevention.preventSem). The legacy CausalDynamics-based
theorems above remain intact.
V2 "make" → Sufficiency.makeSem (polymorphic).
V2 "cause" → Necessity.causeSem (polymorphic).
V2 "prevent" → Prevention.preventSem (polymorphic).
V2: lexical causatives (kill, break) share truth conditions with periphrastic "make".
"manage" → polymorphic Implicative.manageSem.
"fail" → polymorphic Implicative.failSem.