Verbs used in the experiment with their verb and noun frequency according to the CELEX database (Baayen, Piepenbrock & van Rijn, 1993)

Verb	V frequency	N freqency	N freq / V freq
Alternating
break	4102	542	0.132
drop	2551	586	0.230
roll	1287	323	0.251
bend	1179	179	0.152
tear	1101	1093	0.993
sink	892	261	0.293
boil	768	172	0.224
burst	682	230	0.337
fade	643	0	0
float	585	183	0.313
melt	436	0	0
shrink	364	5	0.0137
crack	333	398	1.195
crash	335	277	0.827
bounce	289	39	0.135
skid	59	40	0.678
expand	832	0	0
collapse	518	284	0.548
dissolve	330	0	0
implode	0	0	0
Mean (SD)			0.316 (0.354)
Unergatives
gallop	110	30	0.273
laugh	3058	453	0.148
cry	2158	526	0.244
sing	1407	0	0
weep	499	0	0
swim	837	165	0.197
breathe	791	0	0
leap	549	141	0.257
pray	505	0	0
crawl	454	14	0.031
blink	246	21	0.085
sniff	229	26	0.114
cough	223	211	0.946
bark	186	126	0.677
skip	168	23	0.137
wink	142	59	0.415
snore	69	20	0.290
wander	661	0	0
hobble	98	16	0.163
scurry	87	3	0.034
slither	96	0	0
scuttle	67	16	0.239
Mean (SD)			0.193 (0.236)