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[21 : Somebody ----s something PP ]
[8 : Somebody ----s something ]
[20 : Somebody ----s somebody PP ]
[31 : Somebody ----s something with something ]



NP (Agent) V () PP[on] (Goal) AVP (Manner) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Distance) DNI (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () PP[by] (Agent) PP[in] (Goal) PP[of] (Goal)
NP (Agent) V () DNI (Goal) PP[in] (Place) NP (Theme) PP[in] (Time)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[in] (Goal) VPto (Purpose)
NP (Goal) V () CNI (Agent) Sfin (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Degree) PP[in] (Goal)
NP (Agent) V () PP[for] (Duration) PP[in] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[in] (Goal) NP (Theme) AVP (Time)
NP (Theme) V () PP[by] (Agent) AVP (Goal)
NP (Agent) V () DNI (Goal) PPing[by] (Means) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) DNI (Goal) AVP (Path)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[to] (Goal) PP[via] (Path)
NP (Agent) V () DNI (Goal) PP[up] (Path) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) DNI (Goal) AVP (Manner) PP[by] (Means)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[into] (Goal) AVP (Manner)
NP (Agent) V () DNI (Goal) PP[at] (Place) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) DNI (Goal) PP[from] (Source)
NP (Agent) V () PP[in] (Depictive) PP[in] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[beside] (Goal) PP[on] (Goal) AVP (Manner) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[at] (Goal) VPto (Purpose) NP (Theme) AVP (Time)
NP (Agent) V () DNI (Goal) AVP (Path) PP[on] (Result) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[into] (Goal) PP[in] (Time)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) DNI (Goal) AVP (Source)
PP[of] (Theme) NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[into] (Goal)
NP (Agent) V () PP[at] (Goal) NP (Theme) PP[in] (Time)
NP (Theme) V () DNI (Agent)
NP (Agent) V () DNI (Goal) PP[into] (Result) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[on] (Goal) AJP (Result) NP (Theme)
NP (Goal) V () CNI (Agent) PP[at] (Goal) PP[in] (Purpose)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[in] (Place)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) DNI (Goal) PP[at] (Place)
NP (Agent) V () DNI (Goal) NP (Theme) Sub (Time)
NP (Theme) V () PP[by] (Agent) PP[ago] (Time)
NP (Agent) V () PP[to] (Goal) PP[in] (Manner) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) DNI (Goal) PPing[by] (Means)
NP (Agent) V () AJP (Depictive) DNI (Goal) AVP (Path) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () DNI (Goal) AVP (Manner) AVP (Path) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[on] (Goal) PP[with] (Manner) PP[down] (Path) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Goal) NP (Manner) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[on] (Goal) PP[down] (Path) PP[in] (Result)
NP (Agent) V () DNI (Goal) AVP (Path) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[on] (Goal) AVP (Path) NP (Theme) AVP (Time)
NP (Agent) V () PP[on] (Goal) AVP (Result) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[down] (Path) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () DNI (Goal) PP[at] (Manner) VPto (Purpose) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[in] (Area) DNI (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Goal) VPto (Purpose) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Goal) PP[into] (Goal) NP (Manner) NP (Theme)
PP[down] (Goal) V () CNI (Agent) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Goal) PP[in] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () DNI (Agent) AVP (Goal) AVP (Manner)
NP (Agent) V () PP[for] (Cause) PP[in] (Means) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Place)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Result) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Time)
NP (Agent) V () PP[in] (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[in] (Goal) AVP (Time)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[under] (Manner) AVP (Time)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[at] (Source)
NP (Agent) V () VPto (Purpose) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[in] (Goal) AVP (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Manner)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[in] (Manner)
NP (Agent) V () PP[in] (Manner) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Source)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[down] (Place) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () VPto (Explanation) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () VPto (Explanation) PP[on] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[over] (Goal) AVP (Result)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) NP (Goal) AVP (Manner)
NP (Agent) V () PP[onto] (Goal) PP[from] (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () DNI (Goal) PP[through] (Path) PP[out] (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[for] (Explanation) PP[against] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () VPto (Explanation) PP[on] (Goal) NP (Theme) AVP (Time)
Sfin (Cause) V () PP[on] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[for] (Beneficiary) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Theme) NP (Time)
NP (Agent) V () Sub (Explanation) PP[into] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[into] (Goal) NP (Theme) NP (Time)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Duration) DNI (Goal)
NP (Theme) NP (Agent) V () INI (Goal)
NP (Agent) V () NP.destination (Destination) PP.theme[with] (Theme) NP (Agent) V () DNI (Goal) PP[up] (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () DNI (Goal) DNI (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () PP.destination[PREP] (Destination) NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[beneath] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[on] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[between] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[in] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[into] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[below] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[at] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[under] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () INI (Agent) PP[before] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[onto] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[out] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () PP[inside] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[against] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[around] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[upon] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () DNI (Agent) PP[at] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[to] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[across] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[up] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[of] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[with] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[within] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[behind] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[over] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[inside] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () DNI (Agent) PP[into] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () DNI (Agent) PP[on] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () DNI (Agent) PPing[on] (Goal)
NP (Agent) V () PP[in] (Goal)
NP.theme (Theme) V () NP (Destination) NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) NP (Goal)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Goal)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Theme) PP.destination-Conative (Destination) NP (Agent) V () PP[along] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[at] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[in] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[on] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[into] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () DNI (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[above] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[around] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[behind] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[by] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[from] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[out] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[over] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[round] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[to] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[under] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[inside] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[alongside] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[between] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[beside] (Goal) PP[on] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[against] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[before] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[beside] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[upon] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[onto] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[around] (Goal) DNI (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[at] (Goal) DNI (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[by] (Goal) DNI (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[down] (Goal) DNI (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[near] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[on] (Goal) DNI (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[down] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[within] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[across] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[away] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[with] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[beneath] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[about] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[below] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[underneath] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[up] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[of] (Goal) PP[over] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[among] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[through] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Theme) PP.destination[PREP] (Destination)
NP (Agent) V () NP.theme (Theme) NP (Agent) V () NP (Theme)
Poss (Agent) V () NP (Theme)
N (Agent) V () NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () NP.destination (Destination)


Examples from WordNet


Let's plant flowers in the garden
The cat draped herself on the sofa
pack the books into the boxes
heap firewood around the fireplace
load the bags onto the trucks
drizzle the meat with melted butter
stack your books up on the shelves
stick your thumb in the crack
She sowed sunflower seeds
the theater was jampacked
lodge a bullet in the table
cram books into the suitcase



Examples from VerbNet


Jessica loaded the wagon with boxes.
Crowds packed the stands.
Jessica squirted water.
Jessica loaded boxes into the wagon.
Jessica sprayed the wall.
Jessica squirted water at me.
Paint sprayed onto the wall.



Examples from SemCor


George did wonderful complicated pen-and-ink drawings like something out of a medieval miniature: hundreds of delicate details crammed into an eight by ten sheet and looking as if they had been done under a jeweler's_glass.
I felt lonely and depressed as I packed my bags at the Croydon_Hotel.
It was mother who planted the verbenas.
Instead of answering you, he sticks his head in the door and shouts up_the_stairs.
In the center of any open space remaining our grandfathers had planted syringa and sweet_shrub, snowball, rose-of-Sharon and balm-of-Gilead.
When thus deposited, Keys says that cholesterol is mainly responsible_for the arterial blockages that culminate in heart_attacks.
To_the_contrary, through the past six weeks violence has been piled upon violence.
Since then, the flowers she had planted had spread all_over the hill.
This design is hard to beat for timber hunting or for packing in a saddle scabbard.
Being a teacher of American literature, I remembered Whittier 's`` Massachusetts_to_Virginia'', where he said:`` But that one dark loathsome burden ye must stagger with alone, And reap the bitter harvest which ye yourselves have sown''.
He smiled and stuck a large finger with white hairs sprouting on_it into his ear as though that might help.
It does really matter which month of the year you sow them, but they germinate best when they have a wide variation of temperature, very warm followed by cool in the same 24 hours.
He piled everything neatly in a corner of the cellar and turned to stare at the blank stone wall.
The party is to raise money for the Old_Town_Art center and to plant more crabapple trees along the streets of Old_Town.
Miss_Ada had been out back, in a straw_hat, planting flowers.
Present conservation practices regard wildlife, not as an expendable natural_resource, but as an annual harvest to be sown and also reaped.
Explains Keys: As the fatty protein_molecules travel in the bloodstream, they are deposited in the intima, or inner wall of a coronary_artery.
He sat for_a_while with his hands on his knees, watching the bend of her back as she gathered_up her things- a comb, a bottle of aspirin- to take upstairs and pack.
It is brought to packing_houses, cleaned and graded as to size and quality, and packed in protective excelsior.
The content of his words may lapse back into monotonous repetition, as if a phonograph_needle were stuck in one groove; only seldom is it so simple as to be a matter of his obviously parroting some timeworn axiom, common to our culture, which he has evidently heard, over_and_over, from a parent until he experiences it as part of him.
Inside, carefully packed in straw, were six eggs, but the eye of a poultry psychologist was required to detect what scientifically valuable specimentalia lay inside; to Alex they were merely six not unusual hens' eggs.
Smarter than most gamblers, she slipped_away from the casino, packed her bag and took the night train to Paris.
The debris of his other careers was piled everywhere; a pile of wire cages for mice from his time as a geneticist and a microscope lying on its side on the window_sill, vertical steel columns wired for support to the open ceiling beams with spidery steel cantilevers jutting_out into the air, masonry constructions on the floor from the time he was inventing his disastrous fireplace whose smoke would pass_through a whole house, visible all_the_way up through wire gratings on each floor.
But the seven-iron shot he used to approach the green strayed into a bunker and lodged in a slight depression.
I dig it, rake it smooth, sow the seeds and wet them down with a fog spray.
He began to pack the saddlebags.
He planted the pansy seeds himself, buying them from a pansy specialist.
One year I simply set the plants in the remains of a compost pile, to which a_little sand had been added, and I had the most beautiful pansies in my, or any of my neighbors' experience.
He climbed the stairs, went_into Roberts' room, found a suitcase and packed as much into it as he could.
He then draped him over the rough stand, explained that he was supposed to be recently dead, and was being held on his mother 's lap.
`` When you pile your'' guy`` on the bonfire tomorrow night, I wonder how much of the true story of Guy_Fawkes you will remember?
General_Jones was fresh from a long series of bridge burnings, including the long bridge at Fairmont, and, after seeing a great drove of horses and cattle he had collected safely across the bridge, he sent his men to work piling combustibles in and around it.
Then I cover the sowing with a board.
Then there was a bad delay in getting Mort_Lindsey 's 30- piece orchestra wedged into its chairs.
Stick 4 or 5 cloves in each frank, ham fashion.
When they have 4 to 6 leaves and are thrifty little plants, it 's time to set them out where they are to remain.
Therefore, her wardrobe is largely mobile, to be packed at a moment 's notice and to shake out without a wrinkle.
I did want to touch him and I hoped Ma would do it but she kept looking at the kid 's clothes piled on the floor and the pool of water by them and did make any move to.
But then, when you stuck things into the holes, why did they come right out again?
And one of the best services available to the people who try to raise and can meat, to plant, grow vegetables and put them up.
At the end of the room there was a desk heaped with papers, and she began to riffle these, making sighs and and noises of girlish exasperation.
`` A remarkable substance'', says Dr._Keys,`` quite apart from its tendency to be deposited in the walls of arteries''.
Huge glob-flakes hitting the ground, piling higher and higher.
`` By_the_way'', said Mr._Blatz, packing his tools into a battered carrier,`` them power_tools needs extra voltage.
Over the rapidly diminishing outline of a jump_seat piled high with luggage Herry 's black brushcut was just discernible, near, or enviably near that spot where- hidden- more delicately textured, most beautifully hair must still be streaming back in cool, oh cool wind sweetly perfumed with sagebrush and yucca flowers and engine fumes.
She 'd say she did feel good on Sunday, could go_to church- there 'd be a little argument, but she could be stubborn- and when the old_woman had gone, quick pack the things she 'd need to take, all but the dress she 'd wear Monday, and take the bag down to that place in the station where you could put things in a locker overnight, for a dime.
These my grandmother left in their places( they are still there, more persistent and longer-lived than the generations of man) and planted others like them, that flourished without careful tending.