Template:Verbum dicendi

Simple Version
So the template would be:

Complex Version

 * object=needs: say note interject acknowledge blurt blurt out croak laugh implore reiterate retort roar request utter (RT and TAG)
 * object=forbidden: speak talk write (RT and OL)
 * object=optional1: mumble whisper murmur boast complain (RPO and RPA and RT and TAG and OL)
 * object=optional2: ask shout yell fume hiss stammer sing call lie rap inquire nag snicker (RPA and TAG and OL)
 * object=optional3: think ejaculate sign beg growl echo holler howl mutter reply swear splutter sputter text call out opine promise plead screech snort pray (RT and TAG and OL)
 * object=optional4: bark agree disagree grumble groan drawl shriek scream wail snarl sob whimper (RT and RPA and TAG and OL)
 * object=tagonly: interrupt demand be like question orate intone quote thunder (TAG only)

Documentation
So the user will write and the template will supply the lines marked RT and TAG. This could be put in a usage note on both say and said, or just at say with a different template at said that says "this is the most common form of this verbum dicendi, see say".

This documentation will contain questions like "can you use this verb in the sentence he (blanked) that everything was fine? to help people determine which option each verb should take.