A verb can also have some aspect characteristics depending solely on its lexical meaning. Accordingly verbs are divided into terminative, non-terminative and verbs of double lexical (aspect) character.

Terminative verbs denote an action implying a certain limit beyond which it cannot go. Here belong simple and composite verbs to come, to bring, to build, to give, to take, to receive, to find, to fall, to kill, to die, to become, to stand up,to sit down,to come to.

He went to the kitchen and brought him a cake and a plate of biscuits.(Carter)
Every head turned. Row after row of men and women stood up to see who it was making his way to the front. (Carter)

Non-terminative verbs denote a certain action which does not imply any limit. Here belong such verbs as to live, to exist, to sleep, to love, to be, to have, to possess, to work, to speak, to respect, to hope, to sit, etc.

She sat erect in the hard chair, her gloved hands gracefully folded in her lap.(Carter)

Verbs of double lexical character in certain contexts have a terminative meaning, and in others, a non-terminative meaning. Here belong such verbs as to see, to hear, to write, to read, to translate.

Arthur looked round the room, saw that everything was hidden, and unlocked the door. (Voynich)
I don’t believe in fairies. I never see any. (Galsworthy)