Verdictive Utterance

Verdictive utterance is speech acts in which the speaker makes an assessment or judgement about the acts
of the addressee. It is include ranking, assessing, appraising, condoning. This action can be viewed
positively and negatively. For the postive, we can use it as a command, compliment, or congratulate
something. Therefore, for the negative one, we can use it as an accuse, blame, or criticize something.

In explicit frame, verdictive utterance can be seen like this:

I/We ___ you for/of ___ -ing

The action that viewed positively:

commend…for
compliment…on
congratulate…for
honor…for
praise…for
etc.

For example:
- I congratulate you for performing so well
- I compliment you for being nice

The action that viewed negatively:

accuse…of
blame…for
admonish…for
criticize…for
scold…for
charge…with
etc.

The verbs excuse and pardon express speech acts that do more than comment on an alleged previous
action, but they presuppose the truth of that action, like blame, admonish, criticize and scold.

For example:
- I blame you for coming late
- I criticize you for being selfish

Verdictive utterance also can be beneficial for the speaker, for instance, saying gratitude.
Example:
- I thank you for helping me