destroy-44
[destroy-44
Members
[annihilate(1), blitz(1), decimate(2), demolish(1), destroy(1 2), devastate(1), exterminate(1), extirpate(1), obliterate(4), ravage(2), raze(1), ruin(1), waste(5 9), wreck(1)]
Thematic Roles
Agent[+int_control] |
Patient[+concrete] |
Instrument[+concrete] |
Frames
Basic Transitive
"The Romans destroyed the city"
Agent V Patient
cause(Agent,E) destroyed(result(E),Patient)
Transitive (+ Instrument PP)
"The builders destroyed the warehouse with explosives"
Agent V Patient Prep(with) Instrument
cause(Agent,E) use(during(E),Agent,Instrument) destroyed(result(E),Patient)
Instrument Subject Alternation
"The explosives destroyed the warehouse"
Instrument V Patient
cause(?Agent,E) use(during(E),?Agent,Instrument) destroyed(result(E),Patient)
]