tend-v; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: have a disposition or inclination towards

Commentary: Syntax is: NP1[topic] TEND[transitive] V2[ADV[attribute]]

Examples:
They tend to get overly emotional at weddings.
Her hair tends to fall over her eyes.
Written language tends to be more formal than spoken language.
It is hard to tell where society is tending.
His work tends towards excessive hyperbole.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: Likelihood
PropBank: tend.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: manage or look after

Commentary: Syntax is: NP1[agent] TEND[transitive] NP2/PP[patient] NP1[agent] TEND[transitive] NP2/PP[recipient] NP1[agent] TEND[transitive] NP2/PP[target]

Examples:
Who is tending the cats while they are away?
John tends the store when the manager is out.
Mary is tending bar at the airport lounge.
They need to settle down and tend to business.
You should tend to your own affairs.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: tend.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3

Sense Number 3: approach a limit

Commentary: Syntax is: NP1[topic] TEND PP

Examples:
The Fourier coefficients tend to zero.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM

Sense Number 4: be physically oriented

Commentary: Syntax is: NP1[theme] TEND[teansitive] NP2/PP[direction]

Examples:
The river tends south after it passes through the city.
They reported an unidentified aircraft tending due east from Los Angeles.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: tend.02