verb base

When a verb form is not marked by any inflection, we refer to it as the verb base: sing or work, as opposed to sings, sang and singing, or works, worked and working. The verb base corresponds to the (non-progressive) present tense (except for the third-person singular form (sings, works)), the infinitive, the imperative and the subjunctive. (AEG Ch. 4)

verb of cognition

A verb of cognition refers to a state of the mind: know, admire, please, understand. (AEG Ch. 4)

verb of communication

A verb of communication is a verb that refers a way of saying something: talk, say, report, inform. (AEG Ch. 4)

verb of the senses

A verb of the senses refers to one of the five basic sensations: feel, hear, listen to, see, watch, smell, taste. (AEG Ch. 4)

verb phrase (VP)

A verb phrase is a constituent whose head is a verb: Tom's train [has arrived]; They [broke the window]; The teacher [told them a story], where the VPs are in brackets and the heads of the VPs are underlined. It is composed of the verb and all its complements except the Subject and it can be finite (as in the examples above) or non-finite: I [regret [quitting the course]]. Here, regret quitting the course is a VP headed by regret whereas quitting the course is a non-finite VP headed by quitting. (AEG Ch. 1, Ch. 4)

verb, see verb phrase

verb of stance

Verbs of stance are state verbs that refer to a way of standing or being placed: sit, stand, lie, hang. (AEG Ch. 4)

volition

Volition is the term that is used to capture a range of meanings that encompass willingness, determination and intention. Volition is often conveyed via will and would. As do most analyses, we include volitional will and would in our discussion of modality. However, volition is less directly connected to necessity and possibility than other modal meanings. (AEG Ch. 5)