Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP1[actor] CROWD NP2[location] NP1 CROWD
NOTE: Compare to sense 2. No motion of the individuals of NP1 is necessary. Includes: CROWD TOGETHER
Examples:
Thousands of spectators crowded the waterfront to see the Queen Mary 2.
I missed the saturday dance and heard they crowded the dance floor.
People crowded the ballrooms for cookies.
Several dogs crowded the lawn to join in the event.
We are really crowding the earth.
They crowded together for moral support.
Mappings:
VerbNet: spray-9.7-1-1
FrameNet: Mass_motion
PropBank: crowd.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3
Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[agent] CROWD (NP2[patient[concrete]]) (PP NP3[place])
NOTE: Compare to sense 1. NP1 is an agent causing the gathering together of the individuals of NP2, even if the sentence is metaphorical Includes: CROWD TOGETHER
Examples:
Barko, the sheep dog, crowded the flock through the gate.
Police crowded the spectators back to the viewing stand.
Shakspere has crowded the events together for dramatic effect.
He was only 32 when he died, but he had crowded the adventure of
many lives into those brief years.
Mappings:
VerbNet: spray-9.7-1-1
FrameNet: Filling
PropBank: crowd.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
crowd_together 1
Commentary: Includes: CROWD OUT.
Examples:
Urban sprawl crowded the farmers out of the valley.
Please step back, you're crowding me.
They crowded me into the stairwell and took my money.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: crowd.02
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
crowd_out 1
Examples:
She's crowding 50 and still stuck in the party-hearty '70s.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4