Université de Montréal - Thèse sous forme numérique

236For instance, in the English corpus to render is a verb that denotes an action inwhich a judge or a court hearing a case transmits a decision declaring who wins the lawsuit. This verb typically evokes the last part of the judgment or the ―Conclusion‖, in whichthe judges express their decision. Consider the following contexts of the verb to render:[1] The Superior Court rendered judgment in that action in 2003 ([2003] R.J.Q.1189).[2] The Commissioner, it is important to keep in mind, is not a tribunal. She doesnot, strictly speaking, render a decision.Sentences [1] and [2] indicate who and who does not have the authority to render ajudicial decision, i.e. the Superior Court can render a judicial decision but theCommissioner cannot. So, although we did not find any terms that are morphologicalderivatives of and semantically related to the verb to render, the behaviour of it in thecorpus revealed that the nature of its actants as well as its meaning are highly specialized.For all these reasons, we decided to retain this candidate term.5.1.2.2.3. Verbs without paradigmatic relationsWe did not find any relevant synonyms or antonyms of the verbs to adduce, to apply, toconstitute, to disclose, to presume and to proceed in reference works such as the BLDonline or in the corpus. Nevertheless, these verbs were selected because they meet all othercriteria and because we considered that they were relevant in the judgments. These verbscorrespond to 6% of the total number of verbs that we selected.For instance, the verb to adduce evokes the idea of presenting evidence. The BLDonline explains that it ―is used particularly with reference to evidence‖. In the English