Examples:
The children are playing across the street.
Life is short, play hard.
Let's play hide-and-seek.
My dog likes to play 'keep away' with his ball.
Mappings:
VerbNet: meet-36.3-1
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: play.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5, 11, 12
Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[agent] PLAY NP2[patient]
Examples:
They played cards far into the night.
Do you want to play tennis with me tomorrow?
Princeton plays Yale this weekend.
The Democrats still have a couple of cards to play before November.
She played a good backhand last night.
The grand master played a spectacular opening in the first game of the chess tournament.
They'll be playing the new catcher in tonight's game.
Defense attorneys and the accused inevitably played the pity card.
Mappings:
VerbNet: meet-36.3-1,performance-26.7-1-1
FrameNet: Competition
PropBank: play.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 15, 31, 32, 33, 34
Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 PLAY NP2[patient[abstract]] Includes: PLAY ALONG; PLAY OUT
Examples:
I think we should play it safe.
She wasn't playing fair during the custody battle.
Storms play havoc with New England phone services.
He decided to play along with the burglars for the moment.
How the election drama will be played out?
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Performers_and_roles
PropBank: play.02,play.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 17, 27
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
play_out 2
play_along 1
Commentary: Includes: PLAY ALONG
Examples:
The band played all night long.
The radio is playing my favorite song.
She played some very difficult Beethoven at the recital.
Can you play the guitar?
Can you play my favorite record?
The stereo was playing chidren's song when I arrived.
The guitarist played along to melody.
Mappings:
VerbNet: performance-26.7-1-1
FrameNet: Cause_to_make_noise,Performers_and_roles
PropBank: play.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 6, 7, 13, 18
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
play_along 2
Examples:
Money is playing a big role in his decision to take the job.
He usually plays a villain in films.
She plays the lead in Evita.
Can your dog play dead?
Banderas was also very good playing the innocent and helpless man.
Mappings:
VerbNet: performance-26.7-1-1
FrameNet: Performers_and_roles
PropBank: play.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 4, 8, 14, 25
Examples:
He used to play the ponies a lot.
They played the casinos every night in Las Vegas.
I'd play my money on the horse from Tennessee.
He plays the stockmarket a little on the side.
Mappings:
VerbNet: use-105.1
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 10, 29, 30
Commentary:
NOTE: this sense implies a certain lack of seriousness. Includes: PLAY AROUND; PLAY UP; PLAY FALSE
Examples:
She really knows how to play on their emotions, doesn't she?
She has played with the idea of starting a dating service.
Stop playing with me!
That's as dangerous as playing with fire!
Stop playing with your keychain!
I've played with that idea for a long time.
He plays around with investments but he never makes any money.
She is playing up to the chairman.
She played the company false by embezzling money from their clients.
Mappings:
VerbNet: trifle-105.3
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 16, 19, 20, 21, 23
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
play_false 1
play_up 2
play_around 2
Examples:
That campaign speech won't play well in Peoria.
The fountains played all day.
The show only played three nights before closing.
Mappings:
VerbNet: function-105.2
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 22, 26, 28
Examples:
I think this steering wheel is playing too much.
The city lights played over the still waters.
The spotlights played on the politicians.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9, 24
Examples:
John knows how to play a hooked fish.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 35
Commentary: Includes: PLAY AROUND PLAY BACK PLAY DOWN PLAY OFF PLAY OUT PLAY UP PLAY A TRICK ON PLAY A JOKE ON PLAY HOOKY PLAY IT BY EAR PLAY POSSUM
Examples:
He plays around with other women behind his wife's back.
The lawyers played back the conversation to show that their client
was innocent.
He played down his royal ancestry.
He plays his two children off each other.
We quickly played out our strength.
We have got to play this game out, even though it is clear that we
have lost.
We tricked the teacher into thinking that the class would be
cancelled next week.
He plays hooky often.
She didn't know what to expect from her new job, so she played it by
ear.
Afraid for his life, he played possum when the gunman entered the room.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Competition
PropBank: play.03,play.04,play.05,play.07,play.10
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
play_up 1
play_hooky 1
play_it_by_ear 1
play_down 1
play_a_joke_on 1, 2
play_possum 1
play_off 1
play_a_trick_on 1
play_back 1
play_out 1, 3, 4
play_around 1