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External cause state verb class

Unique Tag: [ ExternalCauseState-VerbClass ]

This verb class includes those change of state verbs that relate to externally caused changes of state (section 45.4 of Levin text). These verbs participate in the causative/inchoative alternation change of state verbs see Break-VerbClass, Bend-VerbClass, Cooking-VerbClass, EntitySpecificChangeOfState-VerbClass, MeasurableChangeOfState-VerbClass, Lodge-VerbClass.
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