Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[agent] GAG NP2[patient[animate]] (PP[instrument])
NOTE: May be metaphorical.
Examples:
The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair.
The press was gagged.
A man visiting a friend last week was bound, gagged with a sock and beaten.
They gagged him with tape across the mouth and bound him.
What about the I LOVE LUCY episode where Lucy is gagged with an apple?
Mappings:
VerbNet: butter-9.9,subjugate-42.3
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: gag.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3
Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[agent] GAG NP2[patient[animate]] NP1[patient[animate]] GAG (PP[theme])
NOTE: May include middle voice.
Examples:
This neckband is gagging the cat.
He swallowed a fishbone and gagged.
She gagged on a piece of chicken.
The doctor tried to shove meclizine down me but I just vomited and gagged.
Once she gagged on a piece of food and it made her throw up.
Mappings:
VerbNet: subjugate-42.3
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: gag.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 5, 6, 7
Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[agent[animate]] GAG
Examples:
The students were gagging during dinner.
Around the character and the prop, create a situation that can be gagged for laughs.
Thats the first time I've typed that without gagging.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4