... term verb phrase (VP) Strictly speaking, a verb phrase is a phrase (group of words) with a verb as head Thus, the clause John presumably left the house contains the VP left the house (Together ... (and to the clauses denoting them), the literature also applies these labels to the verbs or verb phrases which typically refer to a particular group of situations We read of ‘punctual verbs’, ... 1.29.1, any verb or verb phrase denotes a situation-template The nature of the template is determined by the lexical contents of the verb (phrase) in question For example, know represents the situation...