Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[agent[animate|organization]] INQUIRE PP1[recipient[animate|organization]] PP2[topic] NP1[agent[animate|organization]] INQUIRE NP1[agent[animate|organization]] INQUIRE PP1[recipient[animate|organization]] NP1[agent[animate|organization]] INQUIRE PP2[topic]
Examples:
"Then do you have the white powder with you?" the oldster inquired.
The court inquired on her behalf.
I inquired, at the top of my voice, where the hell I was.
The gift shop that inquired about selling my tutus burned down today.
He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him.
Theodosius inquired of him the practices of the Studite monks.
Mappings:
VerbNet: inquire-37.1.2
FrameNet: Questioning
PropBank: inquire.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2
Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[agent[animate|organization]] INQUIRE PP1[topic]
Examples:
Gumshoes should inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady.
Inquire into what you have heard, and you will find all true.
The Court is inquiring into the degree of moral responsibility of minors.
We are inquiring into this question of what beauty is.
Satyam's fraud will be inquired into.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Criminal_investigation
PropBank: inquire.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3