Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 ROOT
Examples:
The cuttings will root faster if temperatures are 65 to 75 degrees F.
It roots in water, but more easily in soil.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: root.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 5
Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[agent] ROOT NP2
NOTE: Take care to distinguish passives (example 4 below) and participial adjectives, such as, 'He was rooted in the community.' The latter should be tagged "X".
Examples:
I have rooted the following salvias in two to three weeks: Pineapple Sage, Lady in Red, Indigo Spires.
Johnson rooted his volunteerism in a handful of important, but small, federal initiatives.
She has rooted herself in my heart.
During each session, five shoots were rooted in each jar.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: root.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 6
Examples:
The baby rooted around until her eyes were buried in the crook of his elbow.
She tossed open the trunk and rooted through the clothes.
Mappings:
VerbNet: rummage-35.5
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
Examples:
He rooted for the Broncos growing up.
I will root for a meteor to hit the stadium.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: root.03
Commentary: Includes: ROOT OUT
Examples:
Scientists root out the secret life of a plant disease.
Are you ready to root out the technologies your company needs?
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
Commentary: Includes: ROOT OUT
Examples:
Governor Thompson rooted out corruption in his home state.
Iraqi forces are rooting out the small remaining pockets of resistance in Mosul.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: root.01
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
root_out 1, 2