Cause_expansion : bend-45.2












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



NP.instrument (Instrument) V () NP (Patient) NP (Agent) V () NP (Item)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) PP.result[to,into] (Result)
NP (Agent) V () Sfin (Item)
NP (Item) V () CNI (Agent) PP[by] (Means)
NP (Item) V () CNI (Agent) NP (Result_size)
NP (Item) V () CNI (Agent) PP[to] (Result_size)
NP (Item) V () CNI (Agent) PP[by] (Size_change)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Item) PP[during] (Time)
NP (Item) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Manner)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Item) PP[by] (Means)
NP (Item) V () CNI (Agent) PP[with] (Means) PP[to] (Result_size)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Item) PP[at] (Place) VPto (Purpose)
NP (Item) V () CNI (Agent) VPto (Purpose)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Item) VPto (Purpose)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Item) PP[to] (Result_size)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Item) AVP (Size_change)
NP (Item) V () PP[by] (Agent) AVP (Size_change)
NP (Agent) V () PP[in] (Dimension) NP (Item)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Item) AVP (Manner)
NP (Item) V () CNI (Agent) PP[in] (Dimension)
NP (Cause) V () PP[in] (Elapsed_time) NP (Item) PP[to] (Result_size)
NP (Item) V () DNI (Cause) PP[by] (Dimension) PP[from] (Initial_size) PP[to] (Result_size) PP[in] (Time)
NP (Patient) V () ADV-Middle ()
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) ADJ (Result)
NP (Agent) V () NP.patient (Patient) NP (Cause) V () NP (Item)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) PP.instrument[with] (Instrument)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) PP.result[to,into] (Result) PP.instrument[with] (Instrument)
NP.patient (Patient) V () NP (Item) V () CNI (Agent)


Examples from WordNet


The heat contracted the woollen garment
Hot water will shrink the sweater
inflate a balloons
Can you shrink this image?



Examples from VerbNet


The rod bent.
Tony bent the rod into a U.
Tony bent the rod with pliers.
Tony folded the flaps open.
The pliers bent the rod.
Tony bent the rod into a U with pliers.
The copper rods bent easily.
Tony bent the rod.



Examples from SemCor


But that heritage is shrinking even faster.
Rather, they are impressed with the_British Government 's success in forcing- and helping- the_British textile industry to shrink and to change_over to other products.
A tire must be inflated to its normal hot operating pressure and the car must be loaded to its operating weight when this measurement is made.
Most meteoritic material, by the time it reaches the Earth's_surface, has been reduced to dust or to spherules of ablated material in its passage through the atmosphere.
Thru development, the reactor and its steam_turbines had been reduced greatly in size, and also in complexity, allowing a single propeller to be used, the navy said.