bend-45.2

Members

Roles

Frames

Basic Transitive Causative
ex: "Tony bent the rock"
sym: Agent V Patient
sem: cause(Agent, E) contact(during(E), ?Instrument, Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient)

NP-PP Instrument-PP
ex: "Tony bent the rock with pliers"
sym: Agent V Patient with Instrument
sem: cause(Agent, E) contact(during(E), Instrument, Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient) use(during(E), Agent, Instrument)

Intransitive Inchoative
ex: "The rod bent"
sym: Patient V
sem: physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient)

Middle Construction
ex: "Copper rods bend easily"
sym: Patient V
sem: property(Patient, Prop) Adv(Prop)

Instrument Subject Alternation
ex: "The pliers bent the rod"
sym: Instrument V Patient
sem: contact(during(E), Instrument, Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient)

NP-ADJP Resultative
ex: "Tony folded the flaps open"
sym: Agent V Patient
sem: cause(Agent, E) contact(during(E), ?Instrument, Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient) Pred(result(E), Patient)

NP-PP Result-PP
ex: "Tony bent the rod into a U"
sym: Agent V Patient to into Oblique
sem: cause(Agent, E) contact(during(E), ?Instrument, Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient) Pred(result(E), Patient)

NP-PP-PP Result-PP, InstrumentPP
ex: "Tony bent the rod into a U with pliers"
sym: Agent V Patient to into Oblique with Instrument
sem: cause(Agent, E) contact(during(E), Instrument, Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient) Pred(result(E), Patient) use(during(E), Agent, Instrument)