Cause_motion : throw-17.1












[10 : Something ----s somebody ]
[11 : Something ----s something ]
[14 : Somebody ----s somebody something ]
[15 : Somebody ----s something to somebody ]
[21 : Somebody ----s something PP ]
[8 : Somebody ----s something ]
[2 : Somebody ----s ]



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 () 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 () 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[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 () 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 () 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) Sfin (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () PP[by] (Agent) NP (Path)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[around] (Area)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Distance) PP[to] (Goal)
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 (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 (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 (Theme) PP.destinations[PREP] (Destination) NP (Agent) V () PP[into] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[to] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PPing[at] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () INI (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[outside] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[over] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[towards] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[up] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () DNI (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[about] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[against] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[around] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[down] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[onto] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[under] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[across] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[above] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[behind] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[beneath] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[between] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[underneath] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[within] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Cause) V () PP[beyond] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[out] (Goal) PP[under] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[inside] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[before] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[amongst] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Cause) V () PP[among] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[among] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Cause) V () PP[into] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[out] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Cause) V () PP[toward] (Goal) NP (Theme)
NP (Causer) V () PP.result[into] (Result) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Theme) PP.initial_location[PREP] (Initial_Location)
NP (Agent) V () NP-Dative (Destination) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Theme) ADVP ()
NP (Agent) V () NP (Theme) NP (Agent) V () INI (Result) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Path) NP (Theme)
NP (Cause) V () NP (Theme)
NP (Causer) V () NP (Theme) PP.result[into] (Result)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Theme) PP.initial_location[PREP] (Initial_Location) PP.destination[PREP] (Destination)


Examples from WordNet


flip me the beachball
The pitcher delivered the ball
jerk his head
fling the frisbee
flick a piece of paper across the table
drive the ball far out into the field
toss me newspaper
He slammed the book on the table
Launch a ship
Smith passed
launch the space shuttle



Examples from VerbNet


Steve tossed John the ball.
Steve tossed the ball from the corner to the garden.
The proposal throws into chaos the House's proposal.
Steve tossed the ball from the corner.
The proposal throws the House's work into chaos.
I threw the package away.
Steve tossed the ball.
Steve tossed the ball to the garden.



Examples from SemCor


Greg 's eyes flicked up from his instrument_panel.
In deadly earnest, the besiegers methodically stripped away portions of the roof and tossed lighted rags inside, only to have most stamped_out by the women as_soon_as they hit the floor.
It was the first time we 've been ahead this season( when John_Richey kicked what proved to be the winning field_goal)''.
A man could be tossed outside the dimension of time by a stray bullet these days.
As reports dribbled in, William_Weigand tossed them into the centrifuge which had become his head.
The bullet flung Gray_Eyes from his horse.
And, therefore, being in disgrace, they would not be cremated and their ashes flung to the winds in public ceremony.
It sounded like a man kicking a melon.
He climbed_down, went_back into the tunnel and tossed the razor into the_pit.
He lifted the skirt of Macklin 's coat, took his gun from its holster, tossed it onto the desk.
`` I think the big thing about the game was that our kids for the third straight week stayed in there pitching and kept the pressure on.
There are some clubs which claim they learned something about pitching to him last year.
Moritz was bothered during the first two games this year by a pulled muscle in the thigh of his right( kicking) leg and, as a result, several of his successful conversions have gone barely far enough.
He got the pint of liquor out of his pocket and unscrewed the top, sprinkled the pungent stuff liberally over both men, and_then tossed the open bottle in on the front seat.
He kicked several while playing at Stamford_High_School, including one that beat Anson, 3- 0, in a 1953 district game.
The Abernathy furnace consumed fuel like a giant ravenous maw that had to be appeased by hurling tons of coal into its evil red depths, and no_matter_how much coal they put_in the house remained cold.
When his head came_down, Curt grabbed him by the hair and catapulted him head first into the wall.
He tossed the bag into the_pit and watched dry dust spray up around it.
Just about to get their asses kicked into hut Seven.
They spun and flung their rifles up.
In several significant cases, such_as India, a decade of concentrated effort can launch these countries into a stage in_which they can carry forward their own economic and social progress with little or no government-to-government assistance.
Weigand tossed this news into the centrifuge.
He called_in the pitcher who had been pitching, and a big, heavy, powerfully built right hander moved out to the mound for Anniston.
That 's because he already has kicked 14 in 15 tries.
Men were slaughtered, tumbled into eternity like so many torn parcels flung down a portable chute.
He shouldered the blanket again, backed_off, and tossed the lantern with its open wick beneath the wagon.
Moritz, however, kicks only about 10 or 12 during each practice_session.
Larry_Scherer last night pitched a no-hit_game, said to be the first in Billiken baseball history, as the Blue_and_White beat Southeast_Missouri_State_College, 5- 1, at Crystal_City.
Its radar screens would register Soviet missiles shortly after they are launched against the United_States.
His energy was prodigious; sometimes he would be up before dawn, clad as a garbage_collector and hurling pails into areaways to exasperate us, and thereafter would hurry to the Bronx_Zoo to grimace at the lions and press cigar_butts against their paws.
I 've tried to teach some of the other boys to kick and some of them can't seem to get the feel.
He flung off Lord 's hand and attempted to push past him, inadvertently shoving him into a storefront.
They hurled a cement barge against a freighter in Honolulu_Harbor, knocked_down telephone_lines, marooned automobiles, flooded lawns, killed six cows.
Cousin_Simmons grabbed one of them by the shoulder and flung him away.
The dice were cast.
Chandler, looking_to right and left to see how his men were faring, suddenly saw another figure bounding up the hill, hurling grenades and hollering the battle_cry as he ran.
The most infamous of all was launched by the explosion of the island of Krakatoa in 1883; it raced across the Pacific at 300 miles an hour, devastated the coasts of Java and Sumatra with waves 100 to 130 feet high, and pounded the shore as far_away as San_Francisco.
There was too_much weight casually to toss it away.
He do care, and I do care to have his shit flung on me.
Just as now anyone may hurl insults at a citizen of Mars, or even of Tikopia, and no senatorial investigation will result.
His statistical record that year, when Texas won only one game and lost nine, was far from impressive: he carried the ball three times for a net gain of 10 yards, punted once for 39 yards and caught one pass for 13 yards.
And so it was over the weekend what with 40- year old Warren_Spahn pitching his no-hit masterpiece against the Giants and the Giants' Willie_Mays retaliating with a record tying 4- homer spree Sunday.
I had squeezed the trigger of my own gun, and to my amazement, it had fired and kicked_back into my shoulder with the force of an angry mule; and then I was adding my own voice to the crescendo of sound, hurling more vile language than I ever thought I knew, sobbing and shouting, and aware that if I had passed_water before, it was not enough, for my pants were wet.
`` I kicked about 110 in 135 tries during three years in high_school'', he said,`` and made 26 in_a_row at one time.
I never did miss one in a playoff_game- I kicked about 20 in the five playoff_games my last two years''.
Mrs._Podger had obligingly pushed things around on the porch to make room for it, and there it was, slung in a vine-shaded corner, the night breeze rippling its fringe with a slow, caressing movement.
The two men whipped their horses into town and flung themselves up the steps of the saloon, crying their intelligence.
For_example, the importance of the Regulus_2,, a very promising aerodynamic ship to surface missile designed to be launched by surfaced submarines, was greatly diminished by the successful acceleration of the much more advanced Polaris ballistic_missile launched by submerged submarines.
The head was wrapped in a turban and on top of the turban rode a great hamper across which a piece of poncho had been flung.
`` We 're getting Friend some runs for a change, and he has been pitching good'', Murtaugh said.
`` If you kick too_much, your leg gets kinda dead'', he explained.
In war, on a night like this, it was only the outward emotions that mattered, what could be flung out into the darkness to damage others.
She thrust forward through the shadows and the trees that resisted her and tried to fling her back.