yearn-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: desire strongly or persistently

Commentary: Syntax Includes:

Examples:
He is not too biggoted to yearn for a common humanity.
All men yearn to see a true hero.
I yearn for a real vacation.

Mappings:
VerbNet: long-32.2-1
FrameNet: Desiring
PropBank: yearn.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: have a desire for something or someone who is not present

Examples:
She yearned for a cigarette.
I am yearning for my lover.
I yearn for the world of fashion.
My heart will still yearn for the sound of waves.

Mappings:
VerbNet: long-32.2-1
FrameNet: Desiring
PropBank: yearn.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: have affection for

Examples:
She yearned over the child's fate.
They yearned over their delicate child.

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