gird
gird.01 - encircle
GIRD-V NOTES: Also a Calvin & Hobbes reference. (from gird.01-v)Aliases:
gird (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: entity putting something around something else
ARG1-GOL: thing encircled
ARG2-PPT: thing going around
ARG1-GOL: thing encircled
ARG2-PPT: thing going around
gird-v: canonical usage
`` How can I face the world if
IARG0
caARGM-MOD
n'tARGM-NEG
girdrel
my loinsARG1
with comic book characters ? ''ARG2
asked John .gird.02 - prepare, get ready for
GIRD-V NOTES: The arg1 above would properly be "itself". This sense is actually anextension of the other; literally 'gird' means 'to put on a belt.'Originally the belt carried one's weapons; thus to 'gird for battle'used a purpose phrase, which gradually became more prominent until thenew sense took over. (from gird.02-v)Aliases:
gird (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: preparer
ARG1-PPT: thing made ready
ARG2-PRP: ready for
ARG1-PPT: thing made ready
ARG2-PRP: ready for
gird-v: unstated arg1
As rescuers pressed their efforts after finding a survivor in a collapsed freewayARGM-TMP
, the San Francisco Bay areaARG0
girdedrel
for hundreds of thousands of commuters seeking to avoid routes ravaged by last Tuesday 's tremorARG2
.girth
girth.03 - circumference measurement
GIRTH NOTES: Added for SpatialAMR.Aliases:
girth (n.)
Roles:
ARG1-SE1: entity with a circumference
ARG2-EXT: measurement
ARG3-PRT: cross section of SE1 measured
ARG2-EXT: measurement
ARG3-PRT: cross section of SE1 measured
girth-n
The sharkARG1
was 12 feet long , 8 feetARG2
in girthrel
and weighs more than 1300 pounds , according to the fishermen 's estimates . (s / say-01
:ARG0 (e / estimate-01
:ARG0 (f / fisherman))
:ARG1 (a / and
:op1 (l / long-03
:ARG1 (s2 / shark)
:ARG2 (d / distance-quantity :quant 12
:unit (f2 / foot)))
:op2 (g / girth-03
:ARG1 s2
:ARG2 (d2 / distance-quantity :quant 8
:unit (f3 / foot)))
:op3 (w / weigh-01
:ARG1 s2
:ARG3 (m / more-than
:op (m2 / mass-quantity :quant 1300
:unit (p / pound))))))