Commentary:
NOTE: Compare to Sense 2: in Sense 1, object must be abstract.
Examples:
French became the language of law and government, of war and of all
that pertained to the life of the wealthier classes.
My remark pertained to you earlier comments.
Mappings:
VerbNet: relate-86.2-2
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: pertain.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary:
NOTE: Compare to Sense 1: in Sense 2, object must be concrete.
Examples:
And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was
in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite.
She pertains to me and I to her.
That dog pertains to an excellent breed.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2