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Members: 24, Frames: 10
 
Class Hierarchy
break-45.1
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Members Key
break (fn 9, 5, 5, 10, 1, 1; wn 2, 5, 17, 36, 43, 54, 57; g 1, 2)
break_apart
break_down
break_up
chip (fn 5, 6; wn 1, 2, 5; g 1)
cleave (fn 5; g 1)
crack (fn 9; wn 1, 6, 7, 11; g 1)
crash (fn 7, 8; wn 1, 3, 5, 9; g 1)
crush (fn 9, 2, 4; wn 2, 4, 6, 8; g 1)
dissolve (fn 5, 3)
fissure (wn 1)
fracture (fn 9, 5; wn 3, 4, 5, 6; g 2)
fragment
rend
rip (fn 5, 6; wn 1; g 1)
rive
shatter (fn 5; wn 1, 3; g 1)
shred
sliver (fn 5)
smash (fn 9, 5, 8; wn 2, 6; g 1)
snap (fn 5; wn 2, 3; g 1)
splinter (fn 5; wn 2, 3; g 1)
split (fn 5; wn 2, 5; g 1, 2)
tear (fn 5, 6, 10; wn 1, 2; g 1)

Roles Reference

Frames Reference Key
NP V NP
   example "Tony broke the window."
   syntax Agent V Patient
   semantics path_rel(start(E), Initial_State, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) path_rel(result(E), Result, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) cause(Agent, E) contact(during(E), Instrument, Patient) degradation_material_integrity(result(E), Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient)
NP V NP PP.instrument
   example "Tony broke the window with a hammer."
   syntax Agent V Patient {with} Instrument
   semantics path_rel(start(E), Initial_State, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) path_rel(result(E), Result, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) cause(Agent, E) contact(during(E), Instrument, Patient) degradation_material_integrity(result(E), Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient) utilize(during(E), Agent, Instrument)
NP.patient V
   example "The window broke."
   syntax Patient V
   semantics path_rel(start(E), Initial_State, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) path_rel(result(E), Result, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) degradation_material_integrity(result(E), Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient)
NP V ADV-Middle
   example "The crystal vases broke easily."
   syntax Patient V ADV
   semantics path_rel(start(E), Initial_State, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) path_rel(result(E), Result, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) degradation_material_integrity(result(E), Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient)
NP.instrument V NP
   example "The hammer broke the window."
   syntax Instrument V Patient
   semantics path_rel(start(E), Initial_State, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) path_rel(result(E), Result, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) contact(during(E), Instrument, Patient) degradation_material_integrity(result(E), Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient)
NP V NP ADJ
   example "Tony broke the piggy bank open."
   syntax Agent V Patient Result
   semantics path_rel(start(E), Initial_State, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) path_rel(result(E), Result, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) cause(Agent, E) contact(during(E), Instrument, Patient) degradation_material_integrity(result(E), Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient)
NP V NP ADJ PP.instrument
   example "Tony broke the piggy bank open with a hammer."
   syntax Agent V Patient Result {with} Instrument
   semantics path_rel(start(E), Initial_State, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) path_rel(result(E), Result, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) cause(Agent, E) contact(during(E), Instrument, Patient) degradation_material_integrity(result(E), Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient) utilize(during(E), Agent, Instrument)
NP V NP PP.result
   example "Tony broke the glass to pieces."
   syntax Agent V Patient {to into} Result [+state]
   semantics path_rel(start(E), Initial_State, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) path_rel(result(E), Result, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) cause(Agent, E) contact(during(E), Instrument, Patient) degradation_material_integrity(result(E), Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient)
NP V NP PP.result PP.instrument
   example "Tony broke the glass to pieces with a hammer."
   syntax Agent V Patient {to into} Result [+state] {with} Instrument
   semantics path_rel(start(E), Initial_State, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) path_rel(result(E), Result, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) cause(Agent, E) contact(during(E), Instrument, Patient) degradation_material_integrity(result(E), Patient) physical_form(result(E), Form, Patient) utilize(during(E), Agent, Instrument)
NP V PP.result
   example "The glass broke into a thousand pieces."
   syntax Patient V {to into} Result [+state]
   semantics path_rel(start(E), Initial_State, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) path_rel(result(E), Result, Patient, ch_of_state, prep) degradation_material_integrity(result(E), Patient)

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