ABSTRACT
This chapter is an examination of three groups of predicates (mostly verbs, but some adjectives as well). The first rather amorphous group we call attitudinal predicates; these express mental states that people have about their past experiences and possible future ones and general feelings about likes, dislikes, and preferences. The second group expresses actions that cause something to be done, enable someone to act, or prevent someone from acting. The third group of predicates are perceptual ones, expressing the experiences that we have thorough sight, hearing, taste, smell, and feeling.
