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Class Hierarchy
break-45.1
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Members Key
break (fn 1; wn 2, 5, 17, 36, 43, 54, 57; g 1, 2)
break_apart
break_down
break_up
chip (fn 1; wn 1, 2, 5; g 1)
cleave
crack (wn 1, 6, 7, 11; g 1, 12)
crash (wn 1, 3, 5, 9; g 1)
crush (fn 1; wn 2, 4, 6, 8; g 1)
dissolve
fracture (fn 1; wn 3, 4, 5, 6)
fragment
rend
rip (fn 1; wn 1; g 1)
rive
shatter (fn 1; wn 1, 3; g 1)
shred
sliver
smash (fn 1; wn 2, 6; g 1)
snap (fn 1; wn 2, 3; g 1)
splinter (fn 1; wn 2, 3)
split (fn 1; wn 2, 5; g 1, 2)
tear (fn 1; wn 1, 2; g 1)
 

Roles Reference
  • Agent [+int_control]
  • Patient [+solid]
  • Instrument [+solid]

Frames Reference Key
NP V NP
   example "Tony broke the window."
   syntax Agent V Patient
   semantics cause(Agent, E) contact(during(E), ?Instrument, Patient) degradation_material_integrity(result(E), Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient)
NP V NP PP.instrument
   example "Tony broke the window with a hammer."
   syntax Agent V Patient {with} Instrument
   semantics cause(Agent, E) contact(during(E), Instrument, Patient) degradation_material_integrity(result(E), Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient) use(during(E), Agent, Instrument)
NP.patient V
   example "The window broke."
   syntax Patient V
   semantics degradation_material_integrity(result(E), Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient)
NP V ADV-Middle
   example "Crystal vases break easily."
   syntax Patient V ADV
   semantics property(Patient, Prop) Adv(Prop)
NP.instrument V NP
   example "The hammer broke the window."
   syntax Instrument V Patient
   semantics contact(during(E), Instrument, Patient) degradation_material_integrity(result(E), Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient)
NP V NP ADJ
   example "Tony broke the piggy bank open."
   syntax Agent V Patient ADJ
   semantics cause(Agent, E) contact(during(E), ?Instrument, Patient) degradation_material_integrity(result(E), Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient) Pred(result(E), Patient)
NP V NP ADJ PP.instrument
   example "Tony broke the piggy bank open with a hammer."
   syntax Agent V Patient ADJ {with} Instrument
   semantics cause(Agent, E) contact(during(E), Instrument, Patient) degradation_material_integrity(result(E), Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient) Pred(result(E), Patient) use(during(E), Agent, Instrument)
NP V NP PP.oblique
   example "Tony broke the glass to pieces."
   syntax Agent V Patient {to into} Oblique [+state]
   semantics cause(Agent, E) contact(during(E), ?Instrument, Patient) degradation_material_integrity(result(E), Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient) Pred(result(E), Patient)
NP V NP PP.oblique PP.instrument
   example "Tony broke the glass to pieces with a hammer."
   syntax Agent V Patient {to into} Oblique [+state] {with} Instrument
   semantics cause(Agent, E) contact(during(E), Instrument, Patient) degradation_material_integrity(result(E), Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient) Pred(result(E), Patient) use(during(E), Agent, Instrument)
NP V PP.oblique
   example "The glass broke into a thousand pieces."
   syntax Patient V {to into} Oblique [+state]
   semantics degradation_material_integrity(result(E), Patient) Pred(result(E), Patient)

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