File Format is as follows: Number: COMLEX class name Example VerbNet surface syntax The COMLEX class names can be found in the "COMLEX Syntax Reference Manual: Version 3.0" Explanations of the COMLEX feature values may be found in the "COMLEX Word Classes Manual" (1998). Both may be downlaoded from http://nlp.cs.nyu.edu/comlex/index.html. Update: 6/17/04: Finished work on VP-complements. ***************************************************************** ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ****************************************************************** # - doesn't occur in either new alternations or classes #1. ADJP The price sank low. Attribute V Adj #2. ADJP-PRED-RS #3. ADVP He meant well. #4. ADVP-PRED-RS He seems well. 5. AS-NP "I worked as an apprentice cook." Agent V as Predicate[-sentential] 6. EXTRAP-NP-S "It annoys them that they left." it V Experiencer Cause[+that_comp] 7. S-SUBJ-NP-OBJ "That she left annoys them." Cause[+that_comp] V Experiencer. 8. TO-INF-SUBJ-NP-OBJ "To read pleases them." Cause[+to_inf] V Experiencer 9. EXTRAP-TO-INF "It remains to find a cure." it V Cause[+to_inf] 10. EXTRAP-FOR-TO-INF "It remains for us to find a cure." it V for Theme Predicate[+to_inf -control_to_inf -rs_to_inf] 11. EXTRAP-NP-TO-INF "It pleases them to find a cure." it V Theme Predicate[+to_inf] 12. EXTRAP-TO-NP "It matters to them that she left." it V Prep(to) Experiencer Cause[+that_comp] 13. EXTRAP-TO-NP-TO-INF "It occurred to them to watch." it V Prep(to) Experiencer Predicate[+to_inf] 14. S-SUBJ-TO-NP "That she left matters to them." Cause[+that_comp] V Prep(to) Experiencer 15. FOR-TO-INF "I prefer for her to do well." Agent V Prep(for) Theme Predicate[+to_inf -control_to_inf -rs_to_inf] 16. HOW-S "He asked how she did it." Agent V Topic[+how_extract] 17. HOW-TO-INF "He explained how to do it." Agent V Topic[+wh_inf] 18. INF-AC "He helped bake the cake." Agent V Predicate[+ac_bare_inf] 19. ING-NP-OMIT "His hair needs combing." Patient V Predicate[+np_omit_ing] 20. ING-SC/BE-ING-SC "She stopped smoking." Agent V Predicate[+be_sc_ing] 21. ING-AC "She discussed writing novels." Agent V Topic[+ac_ing] 22. INTRANS "He went." Agent[-plural] V 23. INTRANS-RECIP(SUBJ-PL/COORD) "They went." Actor[+plural] V 24. NP "He loved her." Experiencer V Cause 25. NP-ADJP "He painted the car black." Agent V Theme Adj 26. NP-ADJP-PRED "She considered him foolish." Experiencer V Theme Adj 27. NP-ADVP "He put it there." Agent V Theme Destination[+adv_loc] 28. NP-AVDP-PRED "They mistakenly thought him here." Agent V Theme Location[+adv_loc] 29. NP-AS-NP "I sent him as a messenger." Agent V Theme as Predicate[-sentential] 30. NP-AS-NP-SC "She served the firm as a researcher." Agent V Theme as Predicate[-sentential] 31. NP-FOR-NP "She bought a book for him." Agent V Theme Prep(for) Recipient 32. NP-INF "He made her sing." Agent V Patient Predicate[+bare_inf] 33. NP-INF-OC "He helped her bake the cake." Agent V Beneficiary Predicate[+oc_bare_inf] 34. NP-ING "I kept them laughing." Agent V Patient Predicate[+acc_ing] 35. NP-ING-OC "I caught him stealing." Agent V Theme Predicate[+oc_ing] 36. NP-ING-SC "He combed the woods looking for her." Agent V Location Predicate[+sc_ing] 37. NP-NP "She asked John a question." Agent V Theme Topic[-sentential] 38. NP-NP-PRED "They appointed him professor." Agent V Theme Predicate[-sentential] *39. NP-P-ING "I prevented her from leaving." Agent V Theme Prep() Predicate[+gerund -control_ing -np_omit_ing -poss_ing -acc_ing] *In this case, content of Prep() filled with 'from' 40. NP-P-ING-OC "I accused her of murdering her husband." Agent V Maleficiary Prep() Predicate[+oc_ing] *In this case, content of Prep() filled with 'of' 41. NP-P-ING-SC "He wasted time on fussing with his hair." Agent V Theme Prep() Predicate[+sc_ing] *In this case, content of Prep() filled with 'on' 42. NP-P-ING-AC "He told her about climbing the mountain." Agent V Recipient Prep() Predicate[+ac_ing] 43. NP-P-NP-ING "He attributed his failure to noone buying his books." Agent V Theme Prep() Cause[+gerund -control_ing -np_omit_ing -poss_ing -acc_ing] *In this case, the content of Prep() is 'to' 44. NP-P-POSSING "They asked him about his participating in that conference." Actor1 V Actor2 Prep() Topic[+poss_ing] *In this case, content of Prep() is 'about' 45. NP-P-WH-S "They made a great fuss about whether they should participate." Agent V Oblique[-sentential] Prep() Topic[+wheth_comp]] *In this case, Prep() is 'about' 46. NP-P-WHAT-S "They made a great fuss about what they should do." Agent V Oblique[-sentential] Prep() Topic[+what_extract] *In this case, Prep() is 'about' *Hardly see how COMLEX justifies classifying 'what' as a complementizer of the same status as 'if' or 'whether' 47. NP-P-WHAT-TO-INF "They made a great fuss about what to do." Agent V Oblique Prep() Topic[+what_inf] *In this case, Prep() is 'about' 48. NP-P-WH-TO-INF "They made a great fuss about whether to go." Agent V Oblique Prep() Topic[+wheth_inf] *In this case, Prep() is 'about' 49. NP-PP "She added the flowers to the bouquet." Agent V Theme Prep() Destination *In this case, Prep() is 'to' 50. NP-PP-PRED "I considered that problem of little concern." Experiencer V Oblique Prep(of) Predicate[-sentential] 51. NP-PRED-RS "He seems a fool." Theme V Predicate[-sentential] 52. NP-S "He told the audience that he was leaving." Actor V Recipient Topic[+that_comp] 53. NP-TO-INF-OC "I advised Mary to go." Actor V Recipient Predicate[+oc_to_inf] 54. NP-TO-INF-SC "John promised Mary to resign." Agen V Recipient Predicate[+sc_to_inf] 55. NP-TO-INF-VC "They badgered him to go." Agent V Recipient Predicate[+vc_to_inf] 56. NP-TO-NP "He gave a big kiss to his mother." Agent V Theme Prep(to) Recipient **57. NP-TOBE "I found him to smoke." Agent V Theme Predicate[+small_clause] 58. NP-VEN-NP-OMIT "He wanted the children found." Experiencer V Cause Predicate[+ppart] 59. NP-WH-S "They asked him whether he was going." Agent V Recipient Topic[+wh_comp] 60. NP-WHAT-S "They asked him what he was doing." Agent V Recipient Topic[+what_extract] 61. NP-WH-TO-INF "He asked him whether to clean the house." Agent V Recipient Topic[+wheth_inf] 62. NP-WHAT-TO-INF "He asked him what to do." Agent V Recipient Topic[+what_inf] 63. P-ING-SC "They failed in attempting the climb." Agent V Prep() Predicate[+sc_ing] *In this case, Prep() is 'in' 64. P-ING-AC "They diaspproved of attempting the climb." Agent V Prep() Predicate[+ac_ing] *65. P-NP-ING "They worried about him drinking." Experiencer V Prep() Theme Topic[+gerund -control_ing -np_omit_ing -poss_ing -acc_ing] *In this case, Prep() is 'about' 66. P-NP-TO-INF(-SC) "He conspired with them to do it." Actor1 V Prep() Actor2 Predicate[+sc_to_inf] *In this case, Prep() is 'with' 67. P-NP-TO-INF-OC "He beckoned to them to come." Agent V Prep() Recipient Predicate[+oc_to_inf] *In this case, Prep() is 'to' 68. P-NP-TO-INF-VC "She appealed to him to go." Agent V Prep() Recipient Predicate[+vc_to_inf] 69. P-POSSING "They argued about his coming." Actor[+plural] V Prep[+poss_ing] 70. P-WH-S "He thought about whether he wanted to go." Experiencer V Prep() Topic[+wh_comp] 71. P-WHAT-S "He thought about what he wanted." Experiencer V Prep() Cause[+what_extract] *In this case, Prep() is 'about' 72. P-WH-TO-INF "He thought about whether to go." Experiencer V Prep() Topic[+wheth_inf] 73. P-WHAT-TO-INF "He thought about what to do." Experiencer V Prep() Cause[+what_inf] *In this case, Prep() is 'about' 74. PART "She gave up" Agent V PART *In this case, PART is 'up' 75. PART-ING-SC "He ruled out paying her debts." Agent V PART Predicate[+sc_ing] *In this case, PART is 'out' 76. PART-NP/NP-PART "I looked up the entry." "I looked the entry up." Experiencer V Cause up Experiencer V up Cause 77. PART-NP-PP "I separated out the three boys from the crowd." "I separated the three boys out from the crowd." Experiencer V PART Theme Prep(from) Source Experiencer V Theme PART Prep(from) Source *In this case, PART is 'from' 78. PART-PP "She looked in on her friend." Agent V in Prep() Theme 79. PART-WH-S "They figured out whether she hadn't done her job." Experiencer V PART Topic[+wh_comp] Experiencer V Topic[+wh_comp] PART 80. PART-WH-S "They figured out what she hadn't done." Experiencer V PART Topic[+extracted] Experiencer V Topic[+extracted] PART 81. PART-WH-TO-INF "They figured out whether to go." Experiencer V PART Topic[+wheth_inf] Experiencer V Topic[+wheth_inf] PART 82. PART-WHAT-TO-INF "They figured out what to do." Experiencer V PART Topic[+what_inf] Experiencer V Topic[+what_inf] PART 83. PART-THAT-S "They figured out that she hadn't done her job." Experiencer V PART Topic[+that_comp] Expereincer V Topic[+that_comp] PART 84. POSSING "He dismissed their writing novels." Agent V Topic[+poss_ing] 85. POSSING-PP "She attributed his drinking too much to his anxiety." Agent V Theme[+poss_ing] Prep(to) Destination 86. ING-PP "They limited smoking a pipe to the lounge." Agent V Predicate[+gerund] Prep(to) Location 87. PP "They apologized to him." Agent V Prep(to) Recipient 88. PP-FOR-TO-INF "They contracted with him for the man to go." Actor1 V Prep(with) Actor2 for Theme Predicate[+to_inf] 89. PP-HOW-S "He explained to her how she did it." Agent V Prep(to) Recipient Topic[+how_extract] 90. PP-HOW-TO-INF "He explained to them how to do it." Agent V Prep(to) Recipient Topic[+wh_inf] 91. PP-P-WH-S "I agreed with him about whether he should kill the peasants." Actor1 V Prep(with) Actor2 Prep() Topic[+wh_comp] *In this case, Prep() is 'about' 92. PP-P-WHAT-S "I agreed with him about what he should do." Actor1 V Prep(with) Actor2 Prep() Topic[+what_extract] *In this case, Prep() is 'about' 93. PP-P-WHAT-TO-INF "I agreed with him about what to do." Actor1 V Prep(with) Actor2 Prep() Topic[+what_inf] 94. PP-P-WH-TO-INF "I agreed with him about whether to go." Actor1 V Prep(with) Actor2 Prep() Topic[+wheth_inf] *In this case, Prep() is 'about' 95. PP-PP "They flew from London to Rome." Theme V Prep(from) Source Prep(to) Destination 96. PP-PRED-RS "The matter seems in dispute." Theme V Prep(in) Oblique[-sentential] 97. PP-THAT-S "They admitted to the authorities that had entered illegally." Agent V Prep(to) Recipient Topic[+that_comp] 98. PP-THAT-S-SUBJUNCT "They suggested to him that he go." Agent V Prep(to) Recipient Topic[+that_comp -tensed_that] 99. PP-TO-INF-RS "He appeared to her to be ill." Theme V Prep() Theme to be Predicate[-sentential] 100. PP-WH-S "They asked about everybody they had enrolled." Agent V Prep() Theme 101. PP-WHAT-S "They asked about John what he had done." Actor V Prep() Recipient Topic[+what_extract] 102. PP-WH-TO-INF "They deduced from Kim whether to go." Agent V Prep() Source Topic[+wheth_inf] 103. PP-WHAT-TO-INF "They deduced from Kim what to do." Agent V Prep() Source Topic[+what_inf] 104. S "They thought that he was always late." Experiencer V Topic[+that_comp] 105. S-SUBJ-S-OBJ "For him to report the theft indicates that he wasn't guilty." Cause[+indicative] V Oblique[+indicative] 106. S-SUBJUNCT "She demanded that he leave immediately." Agent V Topic[+that_comp -tensed_that] 107. SEEM-S "It seems that they left." it V(seem) Topic[+that_comp] 108. SEEM-TO-NP-S "It seems to her that they were wrong." it V Prep() Experiencer Content[+that_comp] 109. THAT-S "He complained that they were coming." Actor V Topic[+that_comp] 110. TO-INF-AC "He helped to save the child." Agent V Predicate[+ac_to_inf] 111. TO-INF-RS "He seemed to come." Theme V Predicate[+rs_to_inf] 112. TO-INF-SC "I wanted to come." Experiencer V Cause[+sc_to_inf] 113. WH-S "He asked whether he should come." Agent V Topic[+wh_comp] 114. WHAT-S "He asked what he should do." Agent V Topic[+what_extract] 115. WH-TO-INF "He asked whether to clean the house." Agent V Topic[+wheth_inf] 116. WHAT-TO_INF "He asked what to do." Agent V Topic[+what_inf] *************************************** #s 117-163 do not appear in COMLEX -SCFs with OK next to the name have been checked to ensure that the title does not already occur in the COMLEX lexicon *************************************** 117-163 #117. NP-PART-NP "I opened him up a new bank account." Agent V Theme PART Predicate[-sentential] *In this case, PART is 'up' #118. XTAG:Light-verbs (various classes) #119. PART-PP "He breaks away from the abbey." Agent V PART Prep(from) Source 120. NP-PART-PP "He brought a book back for me." Agent V Theme PART Prep(for) Recipient Agent V PART Theme Prep(for) Recipient 121. PART-PP-PP "He came down on him for his bad behaviour." Agent V PART Prep(on) Location Prep(for) Cause[-sentential] 122. NP-PP-PP "He turned it from a disaster into a victory." Agent V Patient Prep(from) Source Prep(into) Destination 123. NP "It cost ten pounds." Agent V Asset 124. NP-NP "It cost him ten pounds." Agent V Theme Asset #125. "It set him back ten pounds." #126. PART-ADVP "He came off badly." Agent V PART Advb *127. ADVP-PP "Things augur well for him." Theme V Advb Prep(for) Patient #128. EXTRAP-S "It turns out that he did it." it V Topic[+sentential] 129. S-SUBJ "That he came matters." Theme[+that_comp] V #130. "He had her on that he attended." #131. PART-PP-S "She gets through to him that he came." Agent V PART Prep(to) Recipient Topic[+sentential] #132. NP-NP-S "He bet her ten pounds that he came." Agent V Recipient Asset Topic[+sentential] #133. NP-S "He petitioned them that he be freed." Agent V Recipient Topic[+sentential] (How diff from 52?) #134. "I would appreciate it if he came." 135. "It dawned on him what he should do." it V Prep() Theme Topic[+what_extract] 136. "He turned out a fool." Theme V PART Oblique #137. "He started out poor." #138. "He turned out to be a crook." #139. "He set out to win." #140. "He got around to leaving." #141. "He got given a book." 142. "He dared dance." Agent V Predicate[+bare_inf] 143. "He strikes me as foolish." Theme V Expereincer as Predicate[-sentential] 144. "He considers Fido a fool." Agent V Theme Predicate[-sentential] 145. "He makes him out crazy." Agent V Theme PART Predicate[-sentential] #146. "He sands it down smooth." 147. "He condemned him as stupid." Agent V Theme as Predicate[-sentential] #148. "He put him down as stupid." 149. "He made him out to be crazy." Agent V Theme PART to be Predicate[-sentential] #150. "He spurred him on to try." #151. "He kept on at him to join." #152. "He talked him around into leaving." #153. "He looked at him leave." *154. "to see them hurts." #155. "He stood it alone." 156. "He asked him how he came." Agent V Recipient Topic[+how_extract] #157. "He gave money for him to go." #158. "It is believed that he came." 159. "He seems as is he is clever." 160. "It carves easily." #161. "He felt a fool." Agent V Predicate[-sentential] #162. "He accepted him as associated." #163. "He accepted him as being normal."