Commentary: Syntax: NP1[agent] FIX NP2
Examples:
They charged a lot to fix my car.
I'm fixing that tear in your jacket.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Resolve_problem
PropBank: fix.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Examples:
The cat got out when the latch to the back door wasn't fixed.
Let's fix the picture to the frame
As he was fixing his hand on her shoulder, she turned at him with an icy glare.
Mappings:
VerbNet: shake-22.3-2
FrameNet: Attaching
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 8, 11
Examples:
See what you get when this variable is fixed to a higher value.
We haven't fixed the date for our wedding yet.
Mappings:
VerbNet: price-54.4
FrameNet: Bail_setting
PropBank: fix.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 6
Examples:
She was fixing dinner when the phone rang.
Can you fix these samples and send them over to pathology?
I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill.
Mappings:
VerbNet: preparing-26.3-1
FrameNet: Activity_prepare
PropBank: fix.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4, 7, 12
Commentary:
NOTE: This sense is colloquial.
Examples:
Just wait, I'll fix you!
That'll fix him!
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5
Examples:
She's going to get her two cats fixed next week.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9
Commentary: Is: FIX UP
Examples:
I'll fix you up with a nice girl.
The car salesman fixed me up with a sweet deal.
Can you fix up a meeting with the president?
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: fix.04
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
fix_up 1, 2