Examples:
Get permission to take a few days off from work.
I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions.
Get me those books over there, please.
Get an idea for a birthday party theme.
The Brazilian team got four goals.
We finally got the suspect.
"How to get the attention of unruly school children."
You cannot get water out of a stone.
What did you get at the toy store?
She didn't get his name when they first met.
Why should the president get hell for initiating a war?
He got five years in prison.
What do you get when you add these numbers?
She got the bus just as it was leaving.
Almost all batters strike out more than they get a base on balls.
Mappings:
VerbNet: get-13.5.1-1
FrameNet: Getting
PropBank: get.01,get.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 31
Examples:
I got funny spots all over my body.
She got a cold from John.
Mappings:
VerbNet: get-13.5.1-1
FrameNet: Getting
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7, 12, 13
Commentary: For this sense, the subject is undergiong a change; there is no cause mentioned. Syntax is: NP[patient] GET ADJP[result]
Examples:
It must be getting more serious.
I'm getting mad.
Mappings:
VerbNet: become-109.1
FrameNet: Becoming
PropBank: get.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 15
Commentary: For this sense, the subject is a cause of a change, not the undergoer. Syntax is: NP[Agent] V NP[Patient] ADJP[Result] NP[Agent] V NP[Patient] S[Result] NP[Agent] V NP[Patient] PP[Result]
Examples:
He got his squad on the ball.
The children finally got me to buy a computer.
You don't wanna get me mad.
His lying really gets me.
Brahms' "Requiem" gets me every time.
"Got me! I don't know the answer."
She got the mood just right in her photographs.
Mappings:
VerbNet: render-29.90-2
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: get.04
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 10, 15, 28, 29, 30, 33
Commentary: For this sense, the subject is the undergoer and the final state must be realised with a "to" preposition. Syntax is: NP[Patient] V to-PP[Result]
Examples:
He got to believing in serpent worship.
Mappings:
VerbNet: convert-26.6.2
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
Examples:
She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight.
"Get!"
"Get outta here!" he shouted.
Mappings:
VerbNet: escape-51.1
FrameNet: Arriving
PropBank: get.05
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5, 26
Examples:
We'll get them for this!
This time I got him!
The cat got my goldfish.
The ice storm got my flowers.
Mappings:
VerbNet: subjugate-42.3
FrameNet: Revenge
PropBank: get.16,get.19
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8, 32
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
get_back 3
get_even 2
Commentary: Includes: GET HOLD OF
Examples:
Bill called this number and he got Mary.
The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake.
He never got hold of his children while he was in Australia.
She finally got through to him over the phone.
Did you finally get in touch with your long-lost cousin?
Mappings:
VerbNet: initiate_communication-37.4.2
FrameNet: Contacting
PropBank: get.12
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 14
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
get_hold_of 2
Examples:
He didn't get the joke.
Mappings:
VerbNet: comprehend-87.2
FrameNet: Grasp
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 17
Commentary:
NOTE: akin to 'beget'
Examples:
No examples found
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 36
Commentary: Tag all usages where "get" isn't the main predicate--it accompanies a NOUN that expresses the event semantis. The only semantics to "get" are likely to be those that indicate that the subject is an undergoer of the main event.
Examples:
He got an insulin shock after eating too much candy.
The other fighter got a punch to the face.
I just got surgery last week.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 35
Commentary: Tag all usages where "get" isn't the main predicate--it accompanies VERB that expresses the event semantics. The only semantics to "get" are likely to be those that indicate that the main event is starting, or with certain infinitives, that the subject has the privilege of doing the main event.
Examples:
Get working as soon as the sun rises.
Get going!
You have to mail in a couple of forms before you get to vote.
I get to go home in one week!
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Getting_underway
PropBank: get.24
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 34
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
get_going 1, 2
Commentary:
NOTE: Due to the incredible number of vpc/mwe entries, example sentences will not be given, but the phrases will simply be listed. Many of these overlap with the above senses. That's okay.
Examples:
get_a_line
get_a_load
get_a_look
get_a_noseful
get_a_whiff
get_about
get_across
get_ahead
get_along
get_along_with
get_around
get_around_to
get_at
get_away
get_back
get_back_at
get_behind
get_by
get_cracking
get_down
get_dressed
get_even
get_hitched_with
get_hold
get_hold_of
get_in
get_into
get_it
get_it_on
get_laid
get_married
get_moving
get_off
get_off_the_ground
get_on
get_on_with
get_one's_lumps
get_onto
get_out
get_over
get_rid_of
get_rolling
get_started
get_stuck
get_the_best
get_the_better_of
get_the_goods
get_the_hang
get_the_jump
get_the_picture
get_through
get_to
get_to_grips
get_together
get_under_one's_skin
get_up
get_weaving
get_well
get_wind
get_wise
get_word
get_worse
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Cause_to_wake,Disembarking,Escaping,Successfully_communicate_message
PropBank: get.07,get.08,get.09,get.10,get.11,get.12,get.13,get.14,get.15,get.16
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
get_to_grips 1
get_wise 1
get_dressed 1
get_hitched_with 1
get_through 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
get_the_better_of 1
get_moving 1
get_on_with 1
get_off 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
get_to 1, 2, 3
get_together 1, 2, 3, 4
get_in 1, 2, 3, 4
get_a_noseful 1
get_out 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
get_wind 1
get_around_to 1
get_the_hang 1
get_along_with 1
get_worse 1
get_the_best 1
get_the_jump 1
get_stuck 1
get_away 1, 2, 3
get_under_one's_skin 1
get_rolling 1
get_on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
get_into 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
get_in_touch 1
get_even 1, 2
get_a_whiff 1
get_married 1
get_laid 1
get_hold_of 1, 3
get_a_load 1
get_back 1, 2, 3
get_the_picture 1
get_around 1, 2, 3, 4
get_off_the_ground 1
get_weaving 1
get_it 1, 2
get_hold 1
get_started 1
get_the_goods 1
get_across 1, 2, 3
get_onto 1
get_over 1, 2, 3, 4
get_up 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
get_well 1
get_a_look 1
get_along 1, 2, 3
get_word 1
get_at 1, 2, 3
get_cracking 1
get_it_on 1
get_one's_lumps 1
get_rid_of 1, 2, 3
get_a_line 1
get_ahead 1
get_by 1, 2, 3
get_about 1
get_down 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
get_behind 1