Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[agent] TRAIN[durative] NP2[recipient] NP1[theme] TRAIN[intransitive][durative] PP[nonfinite]
NOTE: implies that the training occurs under mutual agreement (in example 4, the wine drinker is actually training himself)
Examples:
This medical school trains the best doctors in the world.
Jane is training to be a teacher.
Who is being trained as the successor to the retiring CEO?
He trained his palette to distinguish French and California Cabernet wines.
The new coach has been training us for only six months.
I've been training at six in the morning everyday for the Boston Marathon.
Mappings:
VerbNet: hire-13.5.3
FrameNet: Education_training
PropBank: train.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
Commentary: Syntax is: NP1[agent] TRAIN[durative] NP2[patient]
NOTE: implies that NP2 does not choose to enter into training
Examples:
It's almost impossible to train cats to stay off the furniture.
The gardner is training the roses to grow up the trellis.
She has trained her children to keep quiet in the movie theater.
You have trained the Smart Drive in the 60.1 Hz Q setting.
Mark Pilgrim trained the attack platypus.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: train.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 9
Commentary: Syntax is: NP1[agent] TRAIN NP2[concrete] PP
Examples:
The policeman trained his gun on the woman's assailant.
Please don't train that slingshot on your little brother!
I trained my camera on the first model walking down the runway.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: train.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6
Commentary: Syntax is: NP1[patient] TRAIN[intransitive][motion] PP[location]
Examples:
We trained across Europe last summer.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 10
Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[agent] TRAIN[intransitive][motion] NP2[object] PP[location] NP1[patient] TRAIN[intransitive][motion] NP2[object] PP[location]
Examples:
She trained the mink coat along behind her as she walked.
Don't train your skirt hem in the mud there!
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 11