1. vblex
  2. be
  3. phrsv
  4. prepv

vblex

  1. Description
    • Refers to main (lexical) verbs that carry core semantic meaning in a clause, as opposed to auxiliary verbs that primarily express tense, aspect, or modality.
  2. Tag
    • vblex
  3. Examples
    • I expect we’ll have people joining us, throughout the morning. (MICASE COL999MX040, Spoken)
    • I have some questions to ask you. (MICASE INT425JG002, Spoken)
    • Even so, Obama should pursue this course of action. (MICUSP NRE.G1.01.1, Written)
    • She presented to triage with spontaneous rupture of membranes and signs of labor. (MICUSP NUR.G0.11.1, Written)

be

  1. Description
    • Refers to forms of the verb be that function as copular verbs, linking the subject to a subject complement (e.g., an adjective or noun phrase).
  2. Tag
    • be
  3. Examples
    • I’m sorry guys. (MICASE LEL105SU113, Spoken)
    • Okay, is there a motion to approve the agenda? (MICASE MTG999SU043, Spoken)
    • Patient is afraid to bend down in fears that he will experience the chest pains again. (MICUSP NUR.G2.03.1, Written)
    • John Hospers responds that act-utilitarianism is self-defeating and an unlikely comprehensive moral theory. (MICUSP PHI.G0.04.1, Written)

phrsv

  1. Description
    • Refers to phrasal verbs that combine with particles (e.g., up, out, on) to form a single semantic unit whose meaning is often idiomatic or not fully predictable from the individual parts.
  2. Tag
    • phrsv
  3. Examples
    • Whereas the sentence that you had before just drags on. (MICASE OFC300JU149, Spoken)
    • Oh I have to write this down on my little thing here. (MICASE SEM545MG083, Spoken)
    • He forms beliefs which result from his hunches, but the beliefs usually turn out to be false. (MICUSP PHI.G0.06.8, Written)
    • Why, Levinson argues, would we want to bring up memories of sad times or feelings? (MICUSP PHI.G0.10.1, Written)

prepv

  1. Description
    • Refers to prepositional verbs that are typically followed by a fixed preposition.
  2. Tag
    • prepv
  3. Examples
    • It was the very first day she started talking about Moebius. (MICASE SGR385SU057, Spoken)
    • Just wait a minute, let me think about it. (MICASE STP095SU139, Spoken)
    • More generally, the energy of the emitted electrons does not depend on the intensity of the incident light. (MICUSP PHY.G0.01.1, Written)
    • Site percolation on a lattice consists of labeling each site on the lattice “active” of “inactive”. (MICUSP PHY.G2.06.1, Written)