Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[theme] THRUM NP2[location] NP1[theme] THRUM
Examples:
The song thrummed in the guttural basso of dwarves, as if to mock his concern and consternation.
The Mach-1's engine was thrumming in mechanical symphony.
The diesel engine thrummed.
The current thrummed the line.
I was standing in front of the power station drinking in the excess power that thrummed the air.
Mappings:
VerbNet: sound_emission-43.2
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: thrum.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[agent] THRUM NP2[theme] (PP[instrument]) NP1[agent] THRUM NP2[instrument]
Examples:
He thrummed the guitar strings absently.
Lort-Phillips thrummed the banjo.
He held his guitar in his hands and thrummed the strings with a swipe of a guitar pick.
The evening exuded rapture in its purity and thrummed the heartstrings of the audience.
Occasionally Sidney thrummed a tune on the banjo to amuse the infant.
He thrummed a tune in A major.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: thrum.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[theme] THRUM NP2[location] NP1[theme] THRUM NP1[agent[animate]] THRUM NP1[theme] (PP[location]) NP1[agent[animate]] THRUM NP1[location] (PP[theme])
Examples:
A big well-boring truck across the street thrummed the air as loudly as a 747.
The chaotic, violent magick he possessed thrummed through his veins.
At times his wings hardly fluttered before me, at other times they thrummed like those of a hummingbird.
A shout came from the bridge, and the deck thrummed and bounced to the rush of feet.
The heart beneath the thin shirt thrummed and fluttered as Jake clung to him.
The rain thrummed on the roof of the car.
He thrummed the desk with his fingers.
He thrummed his fingers on the table.
Joseph thrummed a tune on the table.
Mappings:
VerbNet: sound_emission-43.2
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: thrum.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3