Cause_motion : split-23.2












[21 : Somebody ----s something PP ]
[8 : Somebody ----s something ]



NP (Agent) V () PP[into] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[over] (Distance) PP[into] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[on] (Goal)
NP (Agent) V () PP[into] (Goal) PP[across] (Path) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[onto] (Goal) PP[out] (Source)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[from] (Source)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Goal) Sub (Manner) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[out] (Path) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[off] (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[around] (Area) PP[by] (Handle)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Degree) AJP (Result) 2nd (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AJP (Depictive) PP[down] (Path) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Goal) PP[by] (Handle) Poss (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[into] (Goal) AVP (Path)
NP (Agent) V () VPto (Goal) AVP (Source) PP[from] (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AJP (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[inside] (Goal) NP (Theme) AVP (Time)
NP (Agent) V () PP[by] (Handle) PP[along] (Path) AJP (Result) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[by] (Handle) AJP (Result) Poss (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[by] (Handle) AVP (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[along] (Path)
NP (Agent) V () PP[to] (Result) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[off] (Source) NP (Theme) PP[during] (Time)
NP (Theme) V () PP[around] (Area) PP[by] (Cause)
NP (Cause) V () AVP (Manner) AJP (Result) 2nd (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () DNI (Area) INC (Cause) AVP (Result) INI (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[in] (Depictive) PP[into] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () DNI (Goal) PP[in] (Manner) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[against] (Goal) AVP (Manner) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[like] (Manner) PP[across] (Path) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Manner) PP[out] (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Path) PP[across] (Path) NP (Theme) PP[as] (Time)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Path)
NP (Agent) V () PP[in] (Place) PP[off] (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AJP (Result) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Distance) INI (Path) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () PP[by] (Agent) NP (Distance) INI (Path)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[up] (Goal) PP[like] (Manner)
NP (Agent) V () PP[into] (Goal) PP[from] (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[over] (Path) PP[to] (Result) NP (Theme)
NP (Cause) V () PP[between] (Goal) 2nd (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () PP[by] (Cause) PP[against] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[into] (Goal) AVP (Manner) AVP (Path)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Goal)
NP (Agent) V () PP[with] (Means) PP[across] (Path) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[down] (Path) PP[in] (Path) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Distance) INI (Path) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[around] (Area) PP[with] (Instrument) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[around] (Area) AVP (Manner) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[about] (Area) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) NP (Distance) PP[outside] (Goal)
NP (Agent) V () PP[against] (Goal) PP[with] (Instrument) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[out] (Goal) AVP (Manner)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[into] (Goal) PP[down] (Path)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) NP (Goal)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Goal) Sfin (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Goal) Poss (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () VPing (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[with] (Instrument) PP[away] (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Manner) AVP (Path) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Path) PP[in] (Path)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Path) PP[towards] (Path) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Path) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Path) Sfin (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () PP[by] (Agent) NP (Path)
NP (Cause) V () PP[beyond] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[around] (Area)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Distance) PP[to] (Goal)
NP (Agent) V () PP[out] (Goal) PP[under] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Goal) PP[with] (Instrument) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) AJP (Depictive) PP[at] (Goal) AVP (Path)
NP (Agent) V () AJP (Depictive) PP[against] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[against] (Goal) AVP (Path) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Manner) PP[across] (Path) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[out] (Path) Sfin (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () PP[by] (Agent) AJP (Result)
NP (Agent) V () PP[from] (Source) Sfin (Theme)
NP (Cause) V () PP[in] (Area) NP (Theme)
NP (Cause) V () PP[off] (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Cause) AVP (Manner) PP[down] (Path)
NP (Theme) V () INI (Agent) PP[into] (Goal) PP[on] (Time)
NP (Agent) V () PP[towards] (Path) PP[out] (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Result) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Area) PP[in] (Area) PP[like] (Manner)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Area) PP[in] (Place)
NP (Agent) V () PP[in] (Goal) AJP (Result) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[in] (Goal) Sfin (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Source)
NP (Cause) V () PP[around] (Area) PP[like] (Manner) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Distance) PP[down] (Path) PP[over] (Path) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[in] (Goal) PP[with] (Instrument)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Manner) PP[towards] (Path)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Result)
NP (Agent) V () PP[up] (Goal) PP[by] (Handle) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) VPto (Goal) AVP (Time)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[from] (Source) PP[after] (Time)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Cause) PP[into] (Result)
NP (Goal) V () CNI (Agent) NP (Theme) NP (Time)
NP (Cause) V () INI (Goal) NP (Theme) PP[in] (Time)
NP (Cause) V () NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () PP[by] (Cause)
NP (Theme) V () PP[by] (Agent) DNI (Area) PP[by] (Instrument)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) VPed (Depictive) AVP (Manner) PP[along] (Path)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Distance) DNI (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) VPing (Instrument) PP[through] (Path)
NP (Agent) V () VPing (Means) PP[through] (Path) NP (Theme)
NP (Cause) V () AVP (Degree) PP[towards] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Cause) V () INI (Goal) PP[with] (Manner) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Cause) Sfin (Explanation) PP[through] (Path)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Cause) PP[onto] (Goal) PP[through] (Path)
NP (Agent) V () PP[from] (Source) NP (Theme) AVP (Time)
NP (Agent) V () VPto (Area) NP (Theme) AVP (Time)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[for] (Explanation) VPto (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () NP (Depictive) PP[to] (Goal) PP[from] (Source)
NP (Theme) V () PPing[for] (Explanation) PP[to] (Result) PP[on] (Time)
NP (Theme) V () PP[to] (Goal)
NP (Theme) V () PP[to] (Goal) AVP (Time)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) VPing (Depictive) PP[into] (Goal) PP[at] (Time)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Depictive) INI (Path)
NP (Agent) V () DNI (Goal) PP[at] (Place) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[by] (Handle) INI (Path)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) PP.co-patient[off,off,of,from] (Co-Patient)
NP (Patient) V () apart ()
NP (Patient) V () PP[off,off,of,from] (Co-Patient) ADV-Middle ()
NP (Patient) V () PP.co-patient[off,off,of,from] (Co-Patient)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) apart ()
NP (Patient) V () apart () ADV-Middle ()


Examples from WordNet


He turned the handle and jerked the door open



Examples from VerbNet


The twig and the branch broke apart.
I broke the twig and the branch apart.
Those twigs and branches broke apart easily.
I broke the twig off the branch.
The twigs broke off of those branches easily.
The twig broke off the branch.



Examples from SemCor


`` Small violently jerked the weather royal_brace with full intention to carry_away the mast.
Oso reached up, jerked the buck from the bale and snapped his neck.
She jerked the coat back on and squeezed it around her again, but not soon_enough.
The two little bangs meant that he was getting impatient to have a crowd of customers waited on and that if he had to he would jerk open the door and drag out, by the opposite door_handle which she would be clutching, whichever-the-hell clerk it was who thought she could waste store time on the pot.
Jess wasted a_few seconds trying to yank them loose.
Shayne turned the handle and jerked the door open before either of the men were quite aware_of his presence in the night.
There was a brief interruption while one of O_'_Banion 's men jerked out both his guns and threatened to shoot a waiter who was pestering him for a tip.
He raced to the window and yanked at the sash.
The desk before him was in no better repair than the rest of the furniture crowded into the room, including wooden file_cabinets with some of their pulls yanked off and a wardrobe stained with the roof seepage of countless seasons.
She yanked away from him furiously.
Like Mattie and the mayor up there gripping the microphone and Toonker_Burkette back in his office yanking out teeth, like they all knew he would.
Several slugs fired into the bed jerked aside the blanket to reveal an apparently lifeless hand.
Then she jerked her thumb toward the door in a very American gesture, and dropped into Navy slang.