amuse-31.1

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Basic Transitive
ex: "The clown amused the children"
sym: Cause V Experiencer
sem: cause(Cause, E) emotional_state(result(E), Emotion, Experiencer)

Middle Construction
ex: "Little children amuse easily"
sym: Experiencer V
sem: property(Experiencer, Prop) Adv(Prop)

PRO-Arb Object Alternation
ex: "That joke never fails to amuse "
sym: Cause V
sem: cause(Cause, E) emotional_state(result(E), Emotion, ?Experiencer)

NP-PP with-PP
ex: "The clown amused the children with his antics"
sym: Cause V Experiencer with Oblique
sem: cause(Cause, E) emotional_state(result(E), Emotion, Experiencer)

NP Attribute Subject
ex: "The clown's antics amused the children"
sym: Cause[+genitive] ss Oblique V Experiencer
sem: cause(Cause, E) emotional_state(during(E), Emotion, Experiencer)

NP-ADJP Resultative
ex: "That movie bored me silly"
sym: Cause V Experiencer
sem: cause(Cause, E) emotional_state(result(E), Emotion, Experiencer) Pred(result(E), Experiencer)