Cause_to_fragment : break-45.1












[11 : Something ----s something ]
[8 : Somebody ----s something ]



NP.instrument (Instrument) V () NP (Patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) PP[with] (Instrument) INI (Pieces)
NP (Agent) V () 2nd (Means) INI (Pieces) Sinterrog (Time) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) PP[from] (Subregion) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () PP[with] (Instrument) INI (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () PP[like] (Manner) INI (Pieces) PP[behind] (Place) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) PP[like] (Manner) INI (Pieces)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Manner) PP[in] (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () PP[like] (Manner) INI (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) PP[in] (Result) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) PP[in] (Pieces)
NP (Agent) V () PP[with] (Instrument) Sfin (Manner) INI (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () PP[with] (Instrument) INI (Pieces) VPto (Purpose) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () PP[like] (Manner) INI (Pieces) PP[over] (Resistant_surface) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () PP[by] (Agent) AVP (Manner) INI (Pieces) PP[during] (Time)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Manner) INI (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () PPing[by] (Means) INI (Pieces) NP (Result) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) PP[by] (Means) INI (Pieces)
NP (Agent) V () PPing[by] (Means) INI (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) PP[at] (Place) NP (Time) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) VPto (Purpose) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) PP[over] (Resistant_surface) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) AVP (Result) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) PP[between] (Time) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Cause) INI (Pieces) PP[at] (Place)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) PP[at] (Place) 2nd (Time) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) INI (Pieces) PP[on] (Place)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Cause) AVP (Manner)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) 2nd (Degree) PP[to] (Pieces)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) PP[with] (Instrument) AVP (Manner) INI (Pieces)
NP (Whole_patient) V () PP[by] (Cause) INI (Pieces)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) 2nd (Place) PP[on] (Time) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Degree) PP[with] (Instrument) INI (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () PP[by] (Agent) 2nd (Degree) PP[to] (Pieces) NP (Subregion)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) PP[to] (Degree) INI (Pieces)
NP (Agent) V () 2nd (Degree) PP[to] (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Degree) INI (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) PP[with] (Instrument) AVP (Manner) INI (Pieces) AVP (Time)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) INI (Pieces) PP[at] (Place) PP[on] (Time)
NP (Whole_patient) V () PP[by] (Agent) INI (Pieces) 2nd (Place) 3rd (Time)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) INI (Pieces) 2nd (Place)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) PP[at] (Place) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) Sub (Time) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Cause) V () INI (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) AVP (Time) PPing[before] (Time) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) AVP (Time) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) NP (Time) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () PP[with] (Instrument) AVP (Manner) INI (Pieces) AVP (Result) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () PP[with] (Instrument) PP[in] (Manner) INI (Pieces) AVP (Result) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () PP[with] (Instrument) INI (Pieces) AVP (Result) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () PP[by] (Agent) AVP (Pieces)
NP (Whole_patient) V () PP[by] (Cause) AVP (Manner) AVP (Pieces)
NP (Agent) V () Sub (Manner) INI (Pieces) AVP (Result) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () INI (Agent) AVP (Manner) PP[to] (Pieces)
NP (Agent) V () PP[in] (Pieces) PP[as] (Purpose) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) INI (Pieces) AVP (Result)
NP (Whole_patient) V () PP[by] (Agent) INI (Pieces) PP[in] (Time)
NP (Agent) V () PP[because of] (Explanation) INI (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Manner) INI (Pieces) PP[at] (Whole_patient)
NP.patient (Patient) V ()
NP (Patient) V () PP.result[to,into] (Result)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) ADJ (Result)
NP (Patient) V () ADV-Middle ()
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) PP.result[to,into] (Result) PP.instrument[with] (Instrument)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) ADJ (Result) PP.instrument[with] (Instrument)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) PP.result[to,into] (Result)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) PP.instrument[with] (Instrument)


Examples from WordNet


He broke the glass plate
She broke the match
The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle



Examples from VerbNet


The glass broke into a thousand pieces.
The window broke.
Tony broke the glass to pieces.
Tony broke the window.
Tony broke the window with a hammer.
The hammer broke the window.
Tony broke the piggy bank open with a hammer.
Tony broke the piggy bank open.
The crystal vases broke easily.
Tony broke the glass to pieces with a hammer.



Examples from SemCor


From the point_of_view of syntactic analysis the word in the statement is the predicator has broken, and from the point_of_view of meaning it would seem that the trouble centers in the breaking; but dominant stress will be assigned to broken only in rather exceptional versions of the sentence.
Hardly_a window has been broken since Dunbar first was opened( and vandalism in schools is a major problem in many slum_areas).
Within a_few years the Scots, engaged in breaking the thick sod and stirring the rich soil of the valley, were joined by a group Meurons.
is Bill 's broken a chair, dominant stress will usually be on the complement a chair.
Rev did need to break the wax seal, read the contract and find_out.
Squatting on our haunches beside the flat stone we broke them on, we were safe behind the high closed gates at the end of the drive: safe from interruption and the observation and possible amusement of the passers-by.
But before she left her room she dug_into her big moire bag, took_out the envelope holding her marriage_contract and the wax seal had been broken.