Commentary:
NOTE: some metaphorical usages here, but compare to sense 5; metaphorical usages refering to living a certain manner are in sense 5; literal usages are tagged with this sense
NOTE: includes VPCs (or what WordNet lists as separate entries): walk about, around, away, in, and off. Other senses of these VPCs are in other groups; please study them carefully
Examples:
Walk, don't run!
She walks with a slight limp.
He walks three miles every day.
She is enthusiastic about the acrobats who walked the tightrope 10 meters above.
For a month after the surgery, he could only walk with crutches.
With some prodding, Barney walked the plank, and jumped into the sea.
After breakfast, she walked about the park.
We were walking around the garden.
He walked away before I could say anything.
She walks in at all hours, as if she lived here.
I got annoyed and just walked off.
I was simply walking on air all day.
I'll walk you to your car.
Don't forget to walk the dog.
He walked the horse up the mountain.
I have a harness and I'll walk the cat to see how she likes it.
All day I nursed her, all night I walked her, and napped, and
nursed, and walked her.
At her apartment, I walked her to her door.
Mappings:
VerbNet: resign-10.11,resign-10.11-1,run-51.3.2-2-1
FrameNet: Cotheme,Self_motion
PropBank: walk.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 10
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
walk_off 2
walk_away 1
walk_on_air 1
walk_in 1
walk_about 1
walk_around 1, 2, 4
Commentary: Includes: WALK THROUGH
NOTE: different usage of "walk someone through something" in sense 2
Examples:
I have walked her through disabling the firewall.
I walked him through the whole process and he built a flamenco
guitar by himself.
We walked through the complete ceremony once.
I also met with our sound designer Joe today and we walked through the play.
I kept it very light as we walked through the light cues.
Mappings:
VerbNet: rehearse-26.8
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
walk_through 1
Commentary: Includes: WALK OUT
Examples:
The customer that was not served walked out.
She walked out on her husband and children.
The workers are threatening to walk out if they do not get a higher wage.
Mappings:
VerbNet: resign-10.11
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
walk_out 1, 2, 3
Commentary: Includes: WALK OFF, WALK OFF WITH
Examples:
He walked off with my wife!
The thief walked off with my gold watch.
My CEO has just walked off with my pen!
Toledo walked off with a 1-0 victory over Buffalo Wednesday afternoon.
Mappings:
VerbNet: resign-10.11
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
walk_off 1
Examples:
A's shortstop Bobby Crosby walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 17th.
Adam Ruszkowski came on in relief and walked the first batter to load the bases.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 5
Examples:
It should be the desire of every person to walk with God.
We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters.
India invites tourists to walk with Buddha.
The refusal to admit doubt seems to walk hand in hand with a refusal to admit one is short of ideas.
You have the ability to walk alongside people and to share your gifts and talents in meaningful ways.
Mappings:
VerbNet: run-51.3.2-1
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7
Commentary:
NOTE: This sense may contain metaphorical extensions of sense 1
Examples:
Unhappy people around the world continue to walk in sadness feeling hopeless.
For to walk with hope is to walk with hope in our hearts.
She vowed to follow the steps of Jesus as she lived in faith and walked with hope.
I walk this lonely road, the only one that I have ever known.
Allan walked a tightrope, not only between art and life, but between grandeur and intimacy.
Cash is filled with the candor, wit, and wisdom of a man who has truly walked the line.
Mappings:
VerbNet: run-51.3.2-1
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
walk_around 3
Commentary: Includes: WALK OVER
Examples:
You don't have to grovel at his feet and let him walk all over you.
Stand your ground, don't continue to let her walk all over you.
The local team walked over their old rivals for the championship.
Mappings:
VerbNet: subjugate-42.3
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
walk_over 1
Commentary: Includes: WALK IN, WALK IN ON
Examples:
Have your parents ever walked in on you?
A police officer shot a man yesterday morning after the officer walked in on a robbery attempt.
John told his parents he had inadvertently walked in on a seething row between two employees.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM