Verb-centered sentiment analysis provides a fine-grained perspective on the polar impact a situation has on its participants. It is good for a person to be honored for e.g. some achievement and we know in advance that such an achievement is expected to have positive polarity. Also, there is a positive relation between the honorer and the honoree. We introduce an Italian verb lexicon that specifies the polar relations a verb expresses and the effects and expectations that the roles of the verb bear
