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Members: 38, Frames: 5
 
Class Hierarchy
modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3
    no subclasses

Members Key
bob (fn 1; wn 1)
bow
creep (fn 1; wn 3)
dance (fn 1; wn 3)
drift (fn 1; wn 1, 7, 10)
eddy (wn 1)
falter
flap (fn 1; wn 1, 2)
float (fn 1; wn 1, 3)
flutter (fn 1; wn 2, 4, 5)
hover (wn 3, 4)
jiggle (fn 1; wn 1)
joggle (wn 1)
oscillate (wn 2)
pulsate (wn 1)
quake (wn 1, 2)
quiver (fn 1; wn 1, 2)
revolve (wn 1, 2, 3)
rock (fn 1; wn 1)
roil (wn 1)
rotate (fn 1, 2; wn 1, 4)
shake (fn 1, 2, 3; wn 1, 2, 4)
stir (wn 1, 2, 7)
sway (wn 1, 4)
swirl (wn 1, 2)
teeter (wn 1)
throb (wn 1, 3)
totter (fn 1; wn 1, 3)
tremble (wn 1)
undulate (fn 1; wn 1, 3)
vacillate
vibrate (fn 1, 2; wn 1, 2)
waft (wn 2)
wave (fn 1; wn 2, 3)
waver (wn 4, 5, 6)
wiggle (fn 1; wn 1)
wobble (wn 1, 3)
writhe (fn 1; wn 1)
 
 

Roles Reference
  • Agent [+int_control]
  • Theme [+concrete]
  • Location [+location & -region]

Frames Reference Key
Basic Intransitive
   example "A flag fluttered."
   syntax Theme V
   semantics exist(during(E), Theme) motion(during(E), Theme)
PP locative-PP
   example "A flag fluttered over the fort."
   syntax Theme V {{+loc}} Location
   semantics exist(during(E), Theme) Prep(during(E), Theme, Location) motion(during(E), Theme)
NP Expletive-there Subject
   example "There fluttered a flag (over the fort)."
   syntax (there) V Theme <-definite>
   semantics exist(during(E), Theme) motion(during(E), Theme)
Locative Inversion
   example "Over the fort fluttered a flag."
   syntax {{+loc}} Location V Theme
   semantics exist(during(E), Theme) Prep(during(E), Theme, Location) motion(during(E), Theme)
NP Causative variant
   example "The patriots waved the flag."
   syntax Agent V Theme
   semantics cause(Agent, E) motion(during(E), Theme)

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