The present study analyzes the "ing" forms that follow deictic verbs of movement, including "go,""come,""take,""bring," and "carry." Many examples are given to support the theory that the "ing" forms are not verbs or nouns, but rahter adverbials and that these adverbials are members of a class that refers to activities characterized by certain general semantic properties: (1) the activity is recreational; (2) it is physical; (3) it is relatively unstructured as far as game-like rules are concerned; (4) it involves continued motion from one undetermined location to another; and, for one subset of forms, (5) the activity involves seeking out and attempting to take or acquire some physical object(s). (PP)