Assertion: verb's subject | /r/CapableOf | perform action
Facets:
value: upon an object
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: upon him
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for herself
type: PURPOSE
value: on each other
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: with reciprocal verbs like those
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Verbs indicate whether the subject performs an action (active voice) or receives the action (passive voice).
text: The subject performs the action described by the verb and can be identified in a sentence by the answer to the question "who did it?" or "what did it?
text: With reciprocal verbs like those below, two subjects perform the same action on each other.
text: With reflexive verbs like those in the examples below, the subject performs some action for or upon him/herself.
text: A direct object is essentially the person or thing the subject performs an action upon.
text: It is not a middle verb in this second use, however, as the subject is performing the action upon an object.