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Class Hierarchy
spank-18.3
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Members Key
belt (fn 1; 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 1; 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 1; wn 5; g 3)
pommel
pummel (wn 1)
slam (fn 1, 2, 3; 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, 3; wn 2, 3)
truncheon
wallop (wn 1)
wham
whap
whip (fn 1; 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)

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