Commentary: Includes: CURL UP Syntax Is: NP1[agent] CURL (UP) (NP2[patient]) NP1[theme] CURL
Examples:
He curled up by Mother Bear to get warm, and he tried to go back to
sleep, but he was worried.
She curled her hair by dipping a hairbrush in water and twirling
sections of hair around a rung from a discarded chair.
A fire crackled cheerily and blue smoke curled upward and a savory
odor of hot coffee hung in the air.
The road curled around open fields overgrown with weeds, up onto a
hill that gave a beautiful panoramic view of the main highway that
passes by Jarinu.
Mappings:
VerbNet: braid-41.2.2,coil-9.6-1
FrameNet: Hair_configuration
PropBank: curl.01,curl.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
curl_up 1
Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[agent] CURL (FOR) NP2 Includes: CURL FOR
Examples:
In 1959, the competition was held in Quebec City and he curled
third for the McDonald team.
Now he curled the ball back to trap Cook plumb in front.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5