Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP[patient] BALLOON[physical] (PP[Extent]) NP1[agent] BALLOON[physical] NP2[patient] (PP[Extent])
Examples:
The sails ballooned.
The wind ballooned the sails.
He was wearing the world's vastest battle shorts, shorts that ballooned around his thighs like twin yurts.
The 5-foot-7 comedienne, who loves to gorge on bagels smothered in cream cheese, has ballooned to 200 pounds.
Mappings:
VerbNet: calibratable_cos-45.6-1
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: balloon.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP[patient] BALLOON[abstract] (PP[Extent]) NP1[agent/cause] BALLOON[physical] NP2[patient] (PP[Extent])
Examples:
Soon after her score ballooned to 12-over on the par-72 course, her parents began consulting with each other.
Compensation claims over a bothched Customs Service project have ballooned to 12.3 million dollars.
It has also ballooned the warfare state and the military-industrial complex.
He ballooned the bank's staff from 1574 to 5201.
Mappings:
VerbNet: calibratable_cos-45.6-1
FrameNet: Change_position_on_a_scale
PropBank: balloon.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: may be used metaphorically describing manner of motion (see strange 'screaming girls' example)
Examples:
And he's already sailed and ballooned around the world in the last few years.
He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China.
Sounds of guitars, drums, and screaming girls ballooned around him.
Mappings:
VerbNet: vehicle-51.4.1
FrameNet: Operate_vehicle
PropBank: balloon.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1