tag-v; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: attach a label, rhyme, nickname or something supplemental

Commentary: Includes: TAG ON Syntax is: NP1[agent] TAG NP2[concrete] PP NP3[attribute]

Examples:
Tag your friends in these photos!
Joyce tagged all the sweaters at 50 percent off.
Ever since I was a kid I was tagged 'Carrot Top' because of my red hair.
The police have tagged him as the trouble-maker.
Why do I have ads tagged on every email message?

Mappings:
VerbNet: butter-9.9,illustrate-25.3
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: tag.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3, 5
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
tag_on 1

Sense Number 2: touch someone (in a game); chase with intent to catch

Commentary: Syntax is: NP1[agent] TAG NP2[patient]
NOTE: Motion and a path is included in this sense whether it is overtly stated in the example (sentence 3,4) or just implied (sentene 1,2).

Examples:
Tag, you're it!
They tagged her in 'Capture the Flag' and put her in jail.
Police are hoping to tag the escaped convict later to day.
After a long chase, his son finally tagged him 'it'.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 4

Sense Number 3: TAG ALONG: come along with, often uninvited

Commentary: Is: TAG ALONG

Examples:
My kid brother always tries to tag along to rated R movies.
Mind if I tag along to the supermarket? I need to pick up eggs.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
tag_along 1

Sense Number 4: deface property; graffiti

Commentary:
NOTE: This is a subsense of sense 1 referring specifically to the act of doing graffiti.

Examples:
I hate that someone tagged that old building.
My friends like to tag train cars at night.
Don has tagged every fast food joint for 100 miles.

Mappings:
VerbNet: butter-9.9,illustrate-25.3
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3, 5
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
tag_on 1