No. |
Pattern / Implicature |
| 1 | see comment [[Human 1]^[Institution 1]] tell [Human 2|Institution 2] (Proposition|Speech Act | {thing|something|anything|it|this|that} | THAT-CL|WH-CL|QUOTE) |
| [[Human 1 | Institution 1 | Information Source]] informs [[Human 2 | Institution 2]] {that [CLAUSE] | WH- [CLAUSE] | [QUOTE]} usually by using speech, but sometimes in writing |
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| 2 | [[Inanimate]^[Event]] tell [Human|Institution] [Proposition|Speech Act | {thing|something|anything|it|this|that|little|much| a lot} | THAT-CL|WH-CL|QUOTE] |
| [[Inanimate| Event]] causes [[Human | System]] to believe or act on {that [CLAUSE] | WH- [CLAUSE]} | |
| 3 | [[Human 1]^[Institution 1]^[Information Source]] tell [Human 2|Institution 2] (Proposition | {something|that|all|nothing|thing|this|little|a lot|anything|much} | THAT-CL|QUOTE) [{about|of} Anything = Topic] |
| [[Human 1 | Institution 1 | Information Source]] informs [[Human 2 | Institution 2]]) {about|of} facts concerning [[Anything = Topic]] | |
| 4 | [[Inanimate]^[Event]] tell (Proposition | {thing|something|anything|it|this|that|little|much| a lot}) [{about|of} Anything = Topic] |
| [[Inanimate | Event]] provides information of theoretical interest to [[Human]] {about [[Anything = Topic]]} | |
| 6 | [[Human 1]^[Institution 1]] tell [Human 2|Institution 2] [TO+INF] |
| [[Human 1 | Institution]] orders, instructs, or advises [[Human 2 | Institution 1]] to/INF [V] | |
| 7 | [[Human]^[Information Source]] tell [Narrative | {story|tale|joke}] ({about|of} Anything = Topic) |
| [[Human | Information Source]] presents a [[Narrative]] of a sequence of events | |
| 8 | [[Inanimate]^[Event]] tell [MOD {story}] |
| [[Inanimate | Event]] is a reason for believing {[MOD] story} | |
| 9 | [Human 1] tell [{news}] |
| [[Human 1]] informs [[Human 2]] about {news} | |
| 10 | [Human] tell [{lie}] |
| [[Human]] deliberately states a proposition that he or she knows is not true | |
| 11 | [Human] tell [{truth}] |
| [[Human]] states a proposition that is true despite pressures to remain silent or to say something that is not true |
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| 13 | see comment [Human] tell [WH-CL] |
| [[Human]] (finds it hard or impossible to) know the truth about {WH- [CLAUSE]} | |
| 14 | [Human] tell [{[[Anything 1]] from [[Anything 2]]}] |
| [[Human]] is able to decide the difference between [[Anything 1]] and [[Anything 2]] | |
| 15 | [Human] tell [{difference}] ({between} Entity 1]] and [[Entity 2) |
| [[Human]] is able to decide the difference between [[Anything 1]] and [[Anything 2]] | |
| 16 | idiom [no object] [idiom] [{(only) time}] tell |
| the truth about {WH- [CLAUSE]} cannot be known immediately, but may become known in due course | |
| 17 | idiom [no object] [idiom] see comment [Human] tell [{as | so} {far as}] |
| [[Human]] is uncertain about the truth of what [[Human]] is saying | |
| 18 | [Human|Institution|Information Source] tell [{time|opinion|news|secret|reason|name|address|result|period|price|date|day|year|outcome|...}] |
| [[Human|Institution|Information Source]] informs what {fact|time|opinion|secret|reason|name|address|result|period|price|date|day|year|outcome|...} is like | |
| 19 | idiom [no object] [idiom] see comment [{strain}] tell |
| {strain} has a noticeable effect | |
| 20 | pv [phrasal verb] [Human 1] tell [Human 2] [{off}] ({for} Action = Bad) |
| [[Human 1]] says angry words to [[Human 2]] because [[Human 1]] believes that [[Human 2]] had done [[Action = Bad]] | |
| 21 | [register=Slang] [Human 1 = Schoolchild] tell [{tale}] [{on | against} Human 2 = Schoolchild] |
| Slang. [[Human 1 = Schoolchild]] reports to [[Human 3 = {Teacher | Authority}]] some [[Action]]done by [[Human 2 = Schoolchild]] that is against a [[Rule]], and by doing so breaches a code of honour among schoolchildren |