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Class Hierarchy
spank-18.3
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Members Key
bayonet (wn 1)
belt (fn 1; wn 2; g 2)
biff (wn 1)
birch (wn 1)
bludgeon (fn 1; wn 2)
bonk (wn 2)
brain (wn 2)
bump (fn 1; wn 1; g 1)
cane (wn 1)
clobber (wn 1; g 1)
clout (wn 1)
club (fn 1; wn 3; g 2)
conk (wn 2)
cosh (wn 1)
crack (fn 1; wn 4; g 5)
crunch (fn 1; wn 4; g 3)
cudgel (fn 1; wn 1)
cuff (fn 1; wn 1)
elbow (wn 2)
flagellate (wn 1)
flog (wn 1, 2)
gash (wn 1)
horsewhip (wn 1)
k.o.
knee
knife (fn 1; wn 1)
paddle (fn 1; wn 5; g 3)
paddywhack
pummel (fn 1; wn 1)
slam (fn 1, 2, 3; wn 1, 2, 4; g 1)
sock (wn 1)
spank (wn 1)
stabb
strap (wn 2; g 3)
thrash (wn 1, 6; g 2)
thump (wn 2, 3)
truncheon
wallop (wn 1)
whip (fn 1; wn 1, 4; g 1)
whisk (wn 3)

Roles Reference
  • Agent [+int_control]
  • Patient [+concrete]
  • Instrument [+concrete]
  • Location [+concrete]
  • Result

Frames Reference Key
NP V NP
   example "Paula spanked the child."
   syntax Agent V Patient
   semantics cause(Agent, E) manner(during(E), directedmotion, Agent) not(contact(during(E), Agent, Patient)) manner(end(E), forceful, Agent) contact(end(E), Agent, Patient)
NP V NP PP.instrument
   example "Paula spanked the child with her right hand."
   syntax Agent V Patient {with} Instrument
   semantics cause(Agent, E) manner(during(E), directedmotion, Instrument) not(contact(during(E), Instrument, Patient)) manner(end(E), forceful, Instrument) contact(end(E), Instrument, Patient) use(during(E), Agent, Instrument)
NP V NP ADJP
   example "They spanked him dead."
   syntax Agent V Patient Result
   semantics cause(Agent, E) manner(during(E), directedmotion, Agent) not(contact(during(E), Agent, Patient)) manner(end(E), forceful, Agent) contact(end(E), Agent, Patient) Pred(result(E), Patient)
NP V NP PP.result
   example "They spanked him to death."
   syntax Agent V Patient {to into} Result [+state]
   semantics cause(Agent, E) manner(during(E), directedmotion, Agent) not(contact(during(E), Agent, Patient)) manner(end(E), forceful, Agent) contact(end(E), Agent, Patient) Pred(result(E), Patient)
NP V NP PP.result PP.instrument
   example "They spanked him to death with a bat."
   syntax Agent V Patient {to into} Result [+state] {with} Instrument
   semantics cause(Agent, E) manner(during(E), directedmotion, Instrument) not(contact(during(E), Instrument, Patient)) manner(end(E), forceful, Instrument) contact(end(E), Instrument, Patient) Pred(result(E), Patient) use(during(E), Agent, Instrument)
NP V NP PP.location
   example "Paula spanked the naughty child on the back."
   syntax Agent V Patient {{+loc}} Location <+body_part>
   semantics cause(Agent, E) manner(during(E), directedmotion, Agent) not(contact(during(E), Agent, Patient)) manner(end(E), forceful, Agent) contact(end(E), Agent, Patient)
NP V NP PP PP.instrument
   example "Paula spanked the naughty child on the back with a paddle."
   syntax Agent V Patient {{+loc}} Location <+body_part> {with} Instrument
   semantics cause(Agent, E) manner(during(E), directedmotion, Instrument) not(contact(during(E), Instrument, Patient)) manner(end(E), forceful, Instrument) contact(end(E), Instrument, Patient)
NP V NP
   example "Paula spanked the naughty child's back."
   syntax Agent V Patient <+genitive & +body_part>
   semantics cause(Agent, E) manner(during(E), directedmotion, Agent) not(contact(during(E), Agent, Patient)) manner(end(E), forceful, Agent) contact(end(E), Agent, Patient)

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