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Members: 43, Frames: 8
 
Class Hierarchy
spank-18.3
    no subclasses

Members Key
belt (fn 5; wn 2; g 2)
biff (wn 1)
birch (wn 1)
bludgeon (wn 2)
bonk (wn 2)
brain (wn 2)
cane (wn 1)
clobber (wn 1; g 1)
clout (wn 1)
club (fn 5; wn 3; g 2)
conk (wn 2)
cosh (wn 1)
cudgel (wn 1)
cuff (wn 1)
elbow (wn 2)
flagellate (wn 1)
flail
flog (wn 1, 2)
fustigate
horsewhip (wn 1)
k.o.
knee
knife (wn 1)
lam
larrup
lather
paddle (fn 3; wn 5; g 3)
pommel
pummel (wn 1)
slam (fn 1, 2, 4; wn 1, 2, 4; g 1)
sock (wn 1)
spank (wn 1)
strap (wn 2; g 3)
thrash (wn 1, 6; g 2)
thump (fn 1, 2, 6; wn 2, 3)
truncheon
wallop (wn 1)
wham
whap
whip (fn 5; wn 1, 4; g 1)
whisk (wn 3)
whomp
whop
 

Roles Reference

Frames Reference Key
NP V NP
   example "Paula spanked the child."
   syntax Agent V Patient
   semantics cause(Agent, E) manner(during(E), directedmotion, Agent) ¬contact(during(E), Agent, Patient) manner(end(E), forceful, Agent) contact(end(E), Agent, Patient)
force dynamics Volitional Force FD Representation
NP V NP PP.instrument
   example "Paula spanked the child with her right hand."
   syntax Agent V Patient {with} Instrument
   semantics cause(Agent, E) manner(during(E), directedmotion, Instrument) ¬contact(during(E), Instrument, Patient) manner(end(E), forceful, Instrument) contact(end(E), Instrument, Patient) utilize(during(E), Agent, Instrument)
force dynamics Instrument Force FD Representation
NP V NP ADJP
   example "They spanked him dead."
   syntax Agent V Patient Result
   semantics cause(Agent, E) manner(during(E), directedmotion, Agent) ¬contact(during(E), Agent, Patient) manner(end(E), forceful, Agent) contact(end(E), Agent, Patient) path_rel(start(E), Initial_State, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) path_rel(result(E), Result, Patient, ch_of_state, prep)
force dynamics Volitional COS FD Representation
NP V NP PP.result
   example "They spanked him to death."
   syntax Agent V Patient {to into} Result [+state]
   semantics cause(Agent, E) manner(during(E), directedmotion, Agent) ¬contact(during(E), Agent, Patient) manner(end(E), forceful, Agent) contact(end(E), Agent, Patient) path_rel(start(E), Initial_State, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) path_rel(result(E), Result, Patient, ch_of_state, prep)
force dynamics Volitional COS FD Representation
NP V NP PP.result PP.instrument
   example "They spanked him to death with a bat."
   syntax Agent V Patient {to into} Result [+state] {with} Instrument
   semantics cause(Agent, E) manner(during(E), directedmotion, Instrument) ¬contact(during(E), Instrument, Patient) manner(end(E), forceful, Instrument) contact(end(E), Instrument, Patient) path_rel(start(E), Initial_State, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) path_rel(result(E), Result, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) utilize(during(E), Agent, Instrument)
force dynamics Instrument COS FD Representation
NP V NP PP.location
   example "Paula spanked the naughty child on the back."
   syntax Agent V Patient {{+loc}} Location [+body_part]
   semantics cause(Agent, E) manner(during(E), directedmotion, Agent) ¬contact(during(E), Agent, Patient) manner(end(E), forceful, Agent) contact(end(E), Agent, Patient)
force dynamics Volitional Force XPR FD Representation
NP V NP PP PP.instrument
   example "Paula spanked the naughty child on the back with a paddle."
   syntax Agent V Patient {{+loc}} Location [+body_part] {with} Instrument
   semantics cause(Agent, E) manner(during(E), directedmotion, Instrument) ¬contact(during(E), Instrument, Patient) manner(end(E), forceful, Instrument) contact(end(E), Instrument, Patient)
force dynamics Instrument Force XPR FD Representation
NP V NP
   example "Paula spanked the naughty child's back."
   syntax Agent V Patient [+body_part]
   semantics cause(Agent, E) manner(during(E), directedmotion, Agent) ¬contact(during(E), Agent, Patient) manner(end(E), forceful, Agent) contact(end(E), Agent, Patient)
force dynamics Volitional Force FD Representation

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