Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[agent[animate|organization]] WHARF NP2[destination] (PP[theme])
Examples:
The city decided to wharf the mouth of the river.
The narrow channel was wharfed with a wall of a brick to keep the bank from falling in.
I cannot but remark how we wharfed the banks.
Of the 7.7 miles of frontage referred to, less than 2 miles is wharfed.
He sought to improve this by wharfing the river-front.
Mappings:
VerbNet: butter-9.9
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: wharf.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[agent] WHARF NP2[theme]
Examples:
The ship departed after wharfing the passengers.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: wharf.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[agent] WHARF NP2[theme]
Examples:
They wharfed the goods safely.
Mappings:
VerbNet: pocket-9.10
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: wharf.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[agent[animate]] WHARF NP2[theme] (PP[location]) NP1[theme] WHARF (PP[location])
Examples:
One of the ships was wharfed adjacent to the Tais, the flagship.
The big ship wharfed in the evening.
More merchant vessels were wharfed there.
A private houseboat was wharfed at the exclusive Indian Creek Canal.
They wharfed the patrol boat out front.
Mappings:
VerbNet: put-9.1
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: wharf.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4, 5