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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 14.
Published in final edited form as: Aphasiology. 2012 Jul 3;26(10):1250–1277. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2012.693584
Trial no. Verb type Number of argument Verb stimuli Sentence stimuli
  1 Ob1 1 Bark The dog is barking.
  2 Ob1 1 Crawl The baby is crawling.
  3 Ob1 1 Laugh The man is laughing.
  4 Ob1 1 Swim The man is swimming.
  5 Ob1 1 Howl The dog is howling.
  6 Ob2 2 Tickle The girl is tickling the boy.
  7 Ob2 2 Stir The woman is stirring the juice.
  8 Ob2 2 Pinch The man is pinching the woman.
  9 Ob2 2 Shove The man is shoving the woman.
10 Ob2 2 Cut The man is cutting the paper.
11 Op2 2 Wash The man is washing the clothes.
12 Op2 1 Wash The man is washing.
13 Op2 2 Drive The man is driving the car.
14 Op2 1 Drive The man is driving.
15 Op2 2 Watch The dog is watching the cat.
16 Op2 1 Watch The dog is watching.
17 Op2 2 Bite The dog is biting the cat.
18 Op2 1 Bite The cat is biting.
19 Op2 2 Shave The man is shaving the beard.
20 Op2 1 Shave The man is shaving.
21 Ob3 3 Put The man is putting the box on the shelf.
22 Ob3 3 Give The woman is giving the gift to the boy.
23 Op3 3 Send The man is sending the letter to the woman.
24 Op3 2 Send The man is sending the letter.
25 Op3 3 Deliver The postman is delivering the package to the man.
26 Op3 2 Deliver The postman is delivering the package.
27 Op3 3 Throw The girl is throwing the ball to the dog.
28 Op3 2 Throw The woman is throwing the ball.
29 Op3 3 Read The woman is reading the book to the girl.
30 Op3 2 Read The woman is reading a book.
31 Op3 3 Pour The man is pouring the water for the boy.
32 Op3 2 Pour The man is pouring the water.

Ob = obligatory verb; Op = optional verb; 1 = one-argument verb; 2 = two-argument verb; 3 = three-argument verb.