trace-v; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: study or discover by going step-by-step

Examples:
We must closely trace Cuba's economic development.
Trace the students progress through military school.
She traced the circumstances of her birth.
He traced the errors in the kernal that were causing software problems.
The government traced the criminal's IP address.
Innovations allows the government to more closely trace U.S. funds worldwide.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: trace.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 5

Sense Number 2: Make a line or marks on a surface; copy by following the lines of

Examples:
Trace the outline of your body in the sand.
Trace the pattern of the dinosaur bone with a crayon and your tracing
paper.

Mappings:
VerbNet: scribble-25.2
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: trace.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 7

Sense Number 3: Follow one's own or another's path

Commentary: Syntax is: NP1 TRACE NP2[concrete]/PP[location]

Examples:
The hunters traced the deer into the woods.
The detectives traced the suspect until they found him.
Trace your path back through the forest.
The children traced along the edge of the dark forest.
The women traced the pasture.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 4, 6

Sense Number 4: Read with difficulty

Examples:
The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs.
He found it difficult to trace the author's wobbly script.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8