Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP1[agent] HANG NP2[patient] (PP[location]) NP2[theme] HANG (PP[location])
NOTE: 'HANG WALLPAPER' is included within this sense. This is the only sense that requires fixing rather than draping. Includes: HANG ON, HANG UP
Examples:
A heavy gold necklace hung around her neck.
Can you help me hang some decorations on the tree?
The curtains hung in thick folds.
Hang your coat and hat up on the rack over there.
Let the pheasant hang for a few days for the flavor to improve before you cook it.
Her long dark hair hung over her shoulder.
This cabinet door doesn't hang right.
The contractors hung the wallpaper upside down and refused to fix it.
Many of his finest pictures hang in the National Gallery.
Mappings:
VerbNet: assuming_position-50,put_spatial-9.2-1,spatial_configuration-47.6,spray-9.7-1
FrameNet: Filling,Placing
PropBank: hang.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 5, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
hang_up 2
hang_on 1
Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP1[agent] HANG NP2[patient[animate]] NP2[patient[animate]] HANG
Examples:
He was found guilty and hanged later that year.
With so little evidence to prove her guilt, few people thought she should hang.
The woman tried to hang herself with a sheet.
She hung for witchcraft.
Mappings:
VerbNet: poison-42.2
FrameNet: Execution
PropBank: hang.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Examples:
If you're a nerd, hang your head in shame - I know I am.
The branches hung heavy with snow.
Mappings:
VerbNet: crane-40.3.2
FrameNet: Body_movement
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
Commentary: Includes: HANG ON, HANG OVER
Examples:
Heavy fog hung over the valley.
Time hung heavily when she was away.
His academic future hangs in the balance.
The jury hung on the last case because the prosecution overcharged.
Uncertainty again hangs over the project.
At the same time new worries hung on her domestic life.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: hang.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6, 8, 11
Commentary: Includes: HANG ON, HANG BY A THREAD
Examples:
Hang on tight. It's going to be a very bumpy ride.
Beemer would hang on his mother's leg, overwhelmed by noise and color and sound.
I hung on every word, no matter wrong or right.
Hang on to this document; you'll have no proof of your rights without it.
She's been trying to hang on to her youth.
He hung his hopes for re-election on his record of the last several years.
At the end of the day, he knows he hangs by a thread at this job.
The mayor's political future has been hanging by a thread since the fraud scandal.
Bob and Doug, hang in there. You're gonna make it.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: hang.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7, 9
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
hang_by_a_thread 1
hang_in 1
hang_on 2
Commentary: Includes: HANG AROUND, HANG BACK, HANG ON
Examples:
Sally's on the other phone - would you like to hang on?
Do you need the toilet right now or can you hang on for a while?
I thought I'd hang around for a while and see if she comes.
Go and pack but don't hang around - we have to go in an hour.
There's no need to hang back - you can sing as well as anyone.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: hang.02
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
hang_back 1
hang_on 3
hang_around 1
Commentary: Includes: HANG AROUND, HANG OUT, HANG TOGETHER
Examples:
I got into drugs because I was hanging around with the wrong people.
I spent most of my youth hanging around the bars of Dublin.
She usually hangs out in the corner cafe.
With her free time, Julie hangs out with her friends in and outside her major.
I will show you what makes the world hang together.
We'll hang together or hang separately.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
hang_together 1
hang_out 1
hang_around 1
Examples:
So when did you hang up your boxing ballet shoes?
He started shouting so I hung up (on him).
Let me speak to Melanie before you hang up.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: hang.03
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
hang_up 1, 3
Examples:
Somehow her story doesn't quite hang together.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM