Commentary: Syntax is: NP1[theme] SWEEP NP2[location] NP1[theme] SWEEP PP[location] NP1[agent] SWEEP PP[location] Includes: SWEEP OVER, SWEEP THROUGH, SWEEP BY
NOTE: Compare to senses 2 and 3. This sense describes the manner of motion; there is no effect upon a physical surface and no NPs(entities) are moved by the sweeping motion. Implies a change of location of the subject.
Examples:
They confirmed the rumours that had swept the city a day earlier.
The school expanded its program in response to the call that swept the nation for more graduate nurses.
Some weeks earlier a hurricane swept across Cuba: again the human toll was minimal.
Charlotte swept into the room, commanding the attention of all.
It swept easily through its first reading in December, outraging environmental groups.
He swept by the crowds and won the marathon.
Mappings:
VerbNet: run-51.3.2
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: sweep.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 9
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
sweep_through 1
sweep_over 1
Commentary: Syntax is: NP1 SWEEP NP2[theme[concrete]] PP{P NP3[source]} NP1 SWEEP NP2[theme[concrete]] PP{P NP3[destination]} NP1 SWEEP NP2[patient[concrete]]
NOTE: Compare carefully to sense 1 and 3. If no concrete NP is moved from point A (to point B), use Sense 1 instead. If the object is abstract, use Sense 3. Includes: SWEEP AWAY, SWEEP UP, SWEEP CLEAN
Examples:
She swept the room clean.
She swept the dust from the room.
Waves of nausea swept over her as the blackness beckoned.
She swept the cracker crumbs under the rug.
Two people died today when high waves swept them into the Atlantic Ocean.
Cars were swept away by the waves.
Even fish were swept up in the storm.
Sweep the bronzer over cheeks, below your jaw line or anywhere you want to highlight.
Mappings:
VerbNet: funnel-9.3-1-1,wipe_manner-10.4.1-1
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: sweep.01,sweep.04
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 6
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
sweep_away 1
Commentary: Syntax is: NP1[agent] SWEEP[abstract] NP2[patient[human]] Includes: SWEEP UP, SWEEP AWAY, SWEEP OFF
NOTE: compare to senses 1 and 2; in this sense, you cannot have the NP1[+agent/force] SWEEP NP2[patient] NP1[+theme] SWEEP NP2[location]
Examples:
When this incident was reported, the outrage of helplessness swept the station.
Her eyes fluttered closed and she was swept off into a deep sleep that was long overdue.
Many of them seem to have directed their attentions to the crisis that swept them out of office.
They were swept up by the events.
And once they all had finished their dinner, she'd swept the children off to bed.
Dreams came and swept them away.
The forces of change swept centuries of tradition aside.
His despair sapped the joy out of life and swept the family's love of music out of their home.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
sweep_away 2
sweep_off 1
Commentary: Includes: SWEEP UP
Examples:
Americans have swept labor union songs up as true products of our American oral tradition.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: sweep.03
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
sweep_up 2
Commentary:
NOTE: There is no movement here.
Examples:
The University Dance Company swept decades and genres in its spring concert.
I was entralled by the masterful tale weaved by Anne Rice, a story that swept centuries.
Beyond, the wide plain swept for miles, an oasis of spring green illuminated by softest sunlight.
Mappings:
VerbNet: meander-47.7
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5, 8
Commentary:
NOTE: Use for all references to sporting events but not for instances of the actual destruction of an entity.
Examples:
Clarke County swept the Group A team titles for the third consecutive fall.
They swept the morning competition and were chosen most outstanding choir of the festival.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7
Commentary: Syntax is: NP1 SWEEP NP2[location]
NOTE: Compare to sense 1. This sense does not involve movement of NP1, but rather involves searching.
Examples:
The software simply sweeps a range and plots the resultant data.
The Dutch swept the area around the train depot with Geiger counters.
He took Johnny's spyglass and carefully swept the horizon, looking for sign of dust or of moving figures.
He swept the computer for viruses.
Mappings:
VerbNet: search-35.2
FrameNet: Scouring,Scrutiny
PropBank: NM
Commentary:
NOTE: To conceal something embarrassing, in hopes of keeping others from discovering it; does not refer to literal sweeping of debris under a carpet. Is: SWEEP UNDER THE RUG
Examples:
The rules committee had merely swept the problem under the rug.
The intelligence scandal was swept quietly under the rug.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
sweep_under_the_rug 1