Using transitive and intransitive verbs
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Using ergative verbs | page 10 of 10 |
Ergative verbs related to movement in general 
Some ergative verbs can be classified under the area of movement in general:
Why did the apple turn over? Because it saw the jelly roll.
(Traditional Riddle)Peering frantically around to see where the ball had gone, he found out only when it dropped out of the stratosphere and hit him on top of the head. (Microconcord Corpus A)
The following verbs are related to movement in general:
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Movement in general can be further narrowed down to vehicular movement:
Road cars do not corner or handle better than the Sport 300.
(Bank of English)The boat handles extremely well most of the time. (Bank of English)
The following verbs are related to movement of vehicles:
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Introduction
Ergative verbs related to movement in general
