Function verb

pattern/text/en/modality.py:30–31

(word)

def question(sentence):
    return len(sentence) > 0 and sentence[-1].string == "?"
def verb(word):
    return word.type.startswith(("VB","MD")) and (word.chunk is None or word.chunk.type.endswith("VP"))
def verbs(sentence, i=0, j=None):
    return [w for w in sentence[i:j or len(sentence)] if verb(w)]