focalize-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: to concentrate, focus

Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[agent] FOCALIZE NP2 [patient] PP{on NP} NP1[experiencer] FOCALIZE PP{on NP[theme]}

Examples:
The beam focalized on the suspected microcalcification.
The project primarily focalized on multimedia rights.
The narrator focalized his third-person narration from outside the action.
He focalized the attention on heterostructures and superlattices.
He focalized his professional interest mostly on the domain of lipoplasty.

Mappings:
VerbNet: focus-87.1
FrameNet: np
PropBank: focalize.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 3

Sense Number 2: Sharpen an image, bring into focus

Examples:
The multimedia projector focalized the image at a short distance.
The lens focalizes the image of a painting surface.
The Z measurement is performed by focalizing the image of a bubble.

Mappings:
VerbNet: nm
FrameNet: np
PropBank: focalize.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4