range-v; 5 Senses

Sense Number 1: vary within limiting sets of values or positions

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[theme] RANGE PP{P NP CONJ NP}
NOTE: implies two boundary points or a limiting set

Examples:
Dress sizes range from petite to extra large.
Prices range between $50 and $250.
The patients' ages ranged from 13 to 26.
This gun ranges over two miles.
Interest rates on those bonds have ranged between 4 and 6 per cent.
This species of lily ranges from New England to the midwest.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: range.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3, 4

Sense Number 2: wander or roam over an area as though for exploration

Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP1[theme] RANGE NP2 NP1[theme] RANGE PP[locative]
NOTE: implies motion, sometimes figurative, as with example three below

Examples:
Their ancestors were nomads who ranged thousands of miles of desert.
Her eyes ranged disapprovingly over her daughter's tight-fitting leather outfit.
His lectures in that seminar range over a wide variety of topics in artificial intelligence. (figurative space)

Mappings:
VerbNet: meander-47.7
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: feed or graze

Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP1[agent] RANGE (PP[locative]) NP1[agent] RANGE NP2[patient] (PP[locative])

Examples:
The cowboys are going to round up the cattle that have been ranging on the north side of the river.
If you range sheep and goats here they will destroy the roots of the grass.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6, 7

Sense Number 4: lay out in an orderly way

Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP1[theme] RANGE PP[locative] NP1[agent] RANGE NP2[patient] PP[locative]

Examples:
The room had a large table with half a dozen chairs ranged around it.
The old man enjoyed sitting on the benches that ranged along the path.
The teacher ranged her students in a row according to height.

Mappings:
VerbNet: meander-47.7
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5, 8

Sense Number 5: align, direct or position

Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP1[instrument] RANGE (ON) NP2[target] NP1[instrument] RANGE NP2[patient] NP1[agent] RANGE NP2[patient] Includes: RANGE ON
NOTE: implies a specific act of targeting

Examples:
We used radar to range on the enemy's convoys.
They didn't have time to range the cannon before the air strike bombed their position. (point the guns)
The pilot ranged on to the enemy missile and destroyed it in mid-flight.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM