Commentary: Syntax is: NP1[agent] QUIET NP2[patient]
Examples:
Around nine o'clock Suzanne quieted the music and spoke to the attendees.
Finally he raised his arms, quieted the crowd and shouted to them.
Still, the silent beauty of the Apalachicola waters quieted my fears.
All these findings quieted the skeptical executives.
Narcotics were applied for many months, and ultimately quieted the pains.
The Iranians quieted down the crowd.
Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: Silencing
PropBank: quiet.01,quiet.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
quiet_down 1
Commentary: Syntax is: NP1[patient] QUIET
Examples:
All of the children quieted down to listen to what she had to say.
A moment later we were rocked by her wake, and Zee and I hung on until the waters quieted.
Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: Become_silent
PropBank: quiet.01,quiet.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
quiet_down 1