Push/Pull verbs can appear in the conative construction, which emphasizes their forceful semantic component and ability to express an attempted action where any result that might be associated with the verb is not necessarily achieved; Carry verbs (used with a goal or directional phrase) cannot take the conative alternation because this would conflict with the causation of motion which is the intrinsic meaning of the class <cite>(Dang et al., 1998)</cite> .