Examples:
The sky grew black as we headed the boat to harbor.
The patient is growing sicker by the day.
He changed jobs, grew a beard and bought a new sports car.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Becoming
PropBank: grow.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 8
Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 GROW Includes: GROW OVER
Examples:
In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees.
He is growing a new variety of grape in his vineyards.
They grew corn for livestock where I lived as a child.
The ivy grew over the patio.
Mappings:
VerbNet: build-26.1,calibratable_cos-45.6-1,grow-26.2,other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: Expansion,Cause_expansion
PropBank: grow.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 4, 7, 10
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
grow_over 1
Commentary: Includes: GROW UP
Examples:
Her son grew to his full height by age twelve.
The girls grew from their experience helping the relief workers after the earthquake.
Mappings:
VerbNet: grow-26.2,other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: Expansion
PropBank: grow.04
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5, 9
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
grow_up 1
Examples:
Their business is growing fast.
The responsibilities associated with this job have grown too large for me to handle.
They saw a huge fireball growing across the eastern horizon.
Mappings:
VerbNet: calibratable_cos-45.6-1
FrameNet: Expansion,Cause_expansion,Change_position_on_a_scale
PropBank: grow.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Examples:
Their friendship grew over the years.
Mappings:
VerbNet: appear-48.1.1
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6
Examples:
Stalactites grow from the top of caves, and stalagmites grow from the bottom of them.
Crystals grow as a lattice structure.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 10