Commentary: Transitive. NP SET NP (PP/ADV)
Examples:
Set your purse on the table.
The jeweler set rubies around the central diamond.
I'm going to set a couple of rose bushes along the back of the house.
The novel is set 50 years in the future.
When Franklin was a printer's apprentice, he had to set type by hand.
Einstein's genius set him apart from the others.
As soon as the ship docked, they were set ashore.
Please set aside 3 cartons for me.
He tried to set down his thoughts on paper.
Let's set back the meeting an hour to give him time to prepare.
She set forth her reasons, one by one.
Shall I set out your clothes?
Mappings:
VerbNet: put-9.1-2
PropBank: set.01,set.09
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 6, 9, 11, 12, 15
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
set_ashore 1
set_apart 1
set_forth 1
set_back 1
set_to_music 1
set_down 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
set_out 2
set_aside 1, 2
Commentary: Intransitive NP SET[-transitive] (PP)
Examples:
At one time the sun never set on the British Empire.
The helicopter set down right in the field next to my house.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 10
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
set_down 2
Commentary: NP SET NP[+abstract] (often a quantity or measurement)
Examples:
We don't have to always let her set the rules.
Try your equations with X set to a negative number.
The bank set interest rates on their long-term CDs at 5 percent.
With that time, the runner has just set a new world record.
The coroner set the time of death at about 6pm.
You didn't set the trip odometer back to zero.
I'm setting the clock for 5 a.m.
When daylight savings time begins, set your clocks ahead one hour.
Mappings:
PropBank: set.01,set.02,set.06
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3, 4, 8, 20, 23
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
set_ahead 1
Examples:
These packages were set to go yesterday.
Your printer is all set.
Will you set the table, please?
How do you set up this tent?
We're not set up to receive messages from offshore.
I set up my schedule so that I'm home by 4:00 every day.
We should set up a committee to look into that.
The American Red Cross was set up in 1881 to aid victims of war and natural disasters.
Mappings:
VerbNet: preparing-26.3-2
PropBank: set.03,set.08
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7, 21, 22
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
set_up 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15
Commentary: NP SET NP[+patient]
Examples:
The truth will set you free.
They believe vandals set fire to the school.
I set him to work on the windows.
My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000.
That white coat really sets off your dark hair.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5, 13
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
set_afire 1
set_back 2, 3
set_free 1
set_aflame 1
set_off 3, 5
set_on_fire 1
set_ablaze 1
Examples:
She set about contacting all the parents.
They set off on their morning walk.
I hope the verdict doesn't set off a riot.
The ships set out at dawn.
His rash words set in motion a chain of events he would intensely regret.
The terrorists set off another bomb this morning.
The scientists set up a shock wave.
Mappings:
VerbNet: force-59-1
PropBank: set.04,set.05,set.07
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
set_forth 2
set_about 1, 2, 3
set_up 8
set_off 1, 2, 4, 6, 7
set_out 1, 3
set_in_motion 1
Examples:
That bone never set properly.
He set his jaw and refused to comply.
The carpenter set the nail firmly.
You won't have time to set your hair.
Don't add the pineapple until the gelatin has set at least partially.
Winter has set in.
Mappings:
VerbNet: put-9.1-2,image_impression-25.1,braid-41.2.2
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 14, 16, 17, 25
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
set_in 1, 3
Examples:
I was set up!
That election was set up so she would win.
Mappings:
PropBank: set.08
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
set_up 7, 11
Examples:
I was jus' settin' there, when up walked the new pastor.
Mappings:
PropBank: set.08
Examples:
He swore he'd set the dogs on them.
He set into his food with gusto.
She was set upon by wolves.
Mappings:
PropBank: set.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 19
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
set_upon 1
set_in 2
set_on 1
Examples:
He set all the kitchen knifes beautifully.
Mappings:
PropBank: set.08
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 18
Examples:
These old trees in the orchard may not set.
Mappings:
PropBank: set.08
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 24