Dispersal : other_cos-45.4












[9 : Somebody ----s somebody ]
[10 : Something ----s somebody ]



NP (Agent) V () VPto (Explanation) NP (Individuals) PP[across] (Path) PP[since] (Time)
NP (Individuals) V () CNI (Agent) PP[by] (Means)
NP (Individuals) V () PP[by] (Agent) AVP (Speed)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Individuals) PP[in] (Place)
NP (Individuals) V () CNI (Agent) PP[by] (Time)
NP (Agent) V () PP[across] (Goal_area) PP[into] (Goal_area) NP (Individuals)
NP (Individuals) V () CNI (Agent) PP[over] (Goal_area)
NP (Agent) V () PP[about] (Goal_area) NP (Individuals) AVP (Manner)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Cause) DNI (Individuals) PP[in] (Place)
NP (Individuals) V () CNI (Agent) PP[in] (Place)
NP (Individuals) V () CNI (Agent) DNI (Goal_area) AVP (Manner)
NP (Agent) V () DNI (Goal_area) NP (Individuals) AVP (Manner) PP[through] (Path)
NP (Individuals) V () CNI (Agent) DNI (Goal_area) PP[with] (Means)
NP (Individuals) V () INI (Agent) PP[in] (Goal_area) PP[out] (Path)
NP (Individuals) V () CNI (Agent) DNI (Goal_area) PP[at] (Place) PP[out] (Result) AVP (Time) PP[at] (Time)
NP (Individuals) V () CNI (Agent) PP[on] (Goal_area) PP[out] (Result)
NP (Individuals) V () CNI (Agent) PP[on] (Goal_area) PPing[during] (Time)
NP (Individuals) V () PP[along] (Goal_area)
NP (Agent) V () PP[around] (Goal_area) NP (Individuals) PPing[as] (Manner)
NP (Agent) V () VPto (Explanation) PP[on] (Goal_area) NP (Individuals)
NP (Agent) V () PP[in] (Goal_area) NP (Individuals) NP (Time)
NP.instrument (Instrument) V () NP (Patient)
NP.patient (Patient) V () NP (Individuals) V () CNI (Agent)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) PP.instrument[with] (Instrument)
NP (Agent) V () NP.patient (Patient) NP (Agent) V () NP (Individuals)
NP (Cause) V () NP (Individuals)
NP (Agent) V () DNI (Goal_area) NP (Individuals)
NP (Patient) V () NP (Result) ADJ ()
NP (Patient) V () ADV-Middle ()


Examples from WordNet


She waved her hand and scattered the crowds



Examples from VerbNet


The clothes dried wrinkled.
The clothes dried.
Bill dried the clothes with a hairdryer.
The hairdryer dried the clothes.
The cotton clothes dried easily.
Bill dried the clothes.



Examples from SemCor


Gradually, he realized that the pentagon of Angel elders had vanished, and that the ritual learning dance of the nursery had been broken_up.
A_few drops of rain just before midnight, when Sarah_Vaughan was in_the_midst of her first number, scattered the more timid members of the audience briefly, but at this hour and with Sarah on the stand, most_of the listeners did n't care whether they got wet.
Only a plea from the house manager, John_Collins, finally broke_up the party.
Direct confrontation and acceptance of Mrs._B. 's anger against the second baby soon dissipated her fears of annihilation.
Andy had no desire to linger himself but Hub reported that the mob outside was still large despite the efforts of the police to disperse them.
The maneuvers were held`` in_secret'' after a regional seminar for the Minutemen, held in nearby Shiloh, Ill., had been broken_up the previous day by deputy_sheriffs, who had arrested regional leader Richard_Lauchli of Collinsville, Ill., and seized four operative weapons, including a Browning machine_gun, two Browning automatic_rifles and an M-4 rifle.
`` I have done everything'', he wrote,`` to break_up the whole of that unfortunate establishment''.