Examples:
The audience quietened when the speaker entered.
Please quieten the children in church.
Quieten down!
Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: Become_silent
PropBank: quieten.01,quieten.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3
Commentary:
NOTE: may be metaphorical.
Examples:
Quieten the dragons of worry and fear.
Quieten the thrashing snakes.
Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2