desert-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: Leave a location or a concrete entity behind.

Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP1[agent] DESERT NP2[location] NP1[agent] DESERT NP2[patient[concrete]]

Examples:
The soldiers deserted the army.
A mother can't just desert her child.
How can you desert me like this?
The far right deserted the politician in favor of someone more
conservative.
The students deserted the campus after the end of the exam period.

Mappings:
VerbNet: leave-51.2-1
FrameNet: Departing
PropBank: desert.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 3

Sense Number 2: Discard an idea, belief, mental state, or mode of living.

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[agent] DESERT NP2[patient[abstract]]

Examples:
Frege deserted the idea of concrete entities in propositions.
He has deserted his Christian upbringing.
She is held up a poster child for a movement that advocates that
people desert 'sinful' lifestyles.
They deserted the notion of moving upstate following graduation.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Departing
PropBank: desert.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2