Commentary: NP send NP(-human) NP send NP(+recipient) NP(-human)
Examples:
The CEO sent several memos last month regarding quality control.
She is sending the food back to the kitchen because it's cold.
He was arrested for sending classified information to the enemy.
She sent John the message.
UNICEF sent supplies to attend to the population's basic needs.
In the last election, voters sent a message to local politians that they won't tolerate corruption.
Send off your boxtops now for your free decoder ring!
Send word to Sean that it's safe to return.
That radio station doesn't have enough power to send its programming beyond our local area.
Some people erroneously believed that pulsars were sending intelligent signals through space.
Mappings:
PropBank: send.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
send_off 1, 3
send_word 1
send_on 1
send_out 1
send_in 1, 2
send_a_message 1
send_back 1
Commentary: NP send NP[+human] (PP[+locative])
Examples:
He was sent to Bosnia as a medic.
Will the country send another 10,000 troops to the front?
That crime sent him to prison for 10 years.
Mappings:
PropBank: send.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5, 7
Commentary: NP SEND NP ADV[+dir]/PP[+dir]/PP[+purpose]
Examples:
The stone landed in the water and sent ripples out across the pond
That story will send shivers down your spine.
The British Man-o-War sent another volley of cannon fire at the enemy vessel.
They sent him on his way.
I sent her out for milk an hour ago.
Send for Helen in accounting.
One press of this button will send off missiles toward our enemies.
She sent him packing after his affair.
Mappings:
PropBank: send.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
send_off 2
send_for 1
send_packing 1
send_away 1, 2
Commentary: Is: SEND DOWN
Examples:
That last prank got him sent down from university.
Mappings:
PropBank: send.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
send_down 1