Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[agent] MASK NP2
Examples:
He masked his depression all too well.
She masked her insecurity with a veneer of arrogance.
He masked himself and took along a firearm that he had bought many years before.
You should at least mask the smell with an air freshener before they get here.
Why did he try to mask his voice with that ridiculous accent?
Mappings:
VerbNet: fill-9.8
FrameNet: Hiding_objects
PropBank: mask.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 4
Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[theme] MASK NP2
Examples:
The dizzying escalation in home prices masked the shaky underpinnings of this empire.
Unfortunately, the media storm masked the real message of the speech.
Some of the trace elements masked the toxic action of methanol.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Eclipse
PropBank: mask.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Examples:
I masked the strip of blue to separate the two areas as I painted.
After this had dried for about a week, I masked the jacket and sprayed the front of the cab.
As usual a pair of sunglasses masked his yellow eyes from the light.
After bisque firing, the areas that we want to be blackened are masked off.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: mask.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5