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Frequency of the selected verb meanings by discourse type.
| Verb meaning | Drama | Elicited ex. | Interview | Narration | Other | Total |
| Carry | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Explain | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| Give | 0 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 30 |
| Go | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| Help | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Leave | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 40 |
| Look | 0 | 16 | 14 | 109 | 0 | 139 |
| Say | 1 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 29 |
| Search | 1 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 39 |
| Sign | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Speak | 0 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Take | 3 | 12 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 92 |
| Think | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 23 |
| Throw | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| Total | 11 | 91 | 120 | 319 | 8 | 549 |
