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. 2023 Feb 6;17:e20220027. doi: 10.1590/1980-5764-DN-2022-0027

Table 2. The most frequent verbs produced (initial production order); the rest of the verbs (up to teen) are presented by the sequence of appearance in the overall production.

Whole-body actions Specific actions Instrumental actions
CG f MC PDG f MC CG f MC PDG f MC CG f MC PDG f MC
1 Run 13 6.15 Walk 7 4.86 Eat 20 3.55 Eat 11 3.55 Bath 5 3.93 Bath 3 3.93
2 Hop 13 6.0 Run 7 6.15 Sing 8 2.59 Talk 4 3.30 Wash 4 4.23 Shake 3 4.50
3 Jump 9 5.65 Hop 4 6.0 Read 7 2.30 Sing 4 2.59 Write 5 3.15 Sweep 2 4.41
4 Walk 8 4.86 Dance 4 6.35 Talk 6 3.30 Drink 2 3.0 Sweep 3 4.50 Mop 1 4.63
5 Dance 4 6.35 Swim 2 6.41 Greet 3 2.70 See 2 2.22 Brush 3 3.44 Ax 1 5.37
6 Swim 4 6.41 Walk 1 5.65 Drink 3 3.0 Breath 2 2.88 Iron 2 4.38 Cut 1 2.43
7 Climb 1 6.11 Exercise 1 5.19 Knead 2 3.83 Read 1 2.30 Cook 2 4.38 Dress 1 4.46
8 Box 1 6.19 Jump 1 5.65 Shout 2 2.52 Kick 1 5.27 Dress 1 4.46 Drive 1 4.11
9 Walk 1 5.19 Slide 1 4.0 Swallow 1 3.33 Cough 1 3.65 Smoke 1 2.58 Mount 1 4.41
10 Step 1 3.70 Shake 1 4.92 Knit 1 4.31
Fl 54 33 57 36 38 21
LE 9 9 13 17 15 16
MCAV 5.87 5.58 3.01 3.24 3.99 4.25

CG: control group; f: frequency; MC: motor content, the degree of the motor component of the verb, the amount of mobility –displacement/movement of the different part of the body, that each actions requires, on a scale of 1 (lower) to 7 (higher); PDG: Parkinson's disease group; Fl: fluency, total verbs produced in the category; LE: lexical span (number of different action names in the category); MCAV: motor content average verb.