Cause_to_fragment : split-23.2












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



NP (Patient) V () PP.co-patient[off,off,of,from] (Co-Patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) PP[with] (Instrument) INI (Pieces)
NP (Agent) V () 2nd (Means) INI (Pieces) Sinterrog (Time) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) PP[from] (Subregion) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () PP[with] (Instrument) INI (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () PP[like] (Manner) INI (Pieces) PP[behind] (Place) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) PP[like] (Manner) INI (Pieces)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Manner) PP[in] (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () PP[like] (Manner) INI (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) PP[in] (Result) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) PP[in] (Pieces)
NP (Agent) V () PP[with] (Instrument) Sfin (Manner) INI (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () PP[with] (Instrument) INI (Pieces) VPto (Purpose) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () PP[like] (Manner) INI (Pieces) PP[over] (Resistant_surface) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () PP[by] (Agent) AVP (Manner) INI (Pieces) PP[during] (Time)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Manner) INI (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () PPing[by] (Means) INI (Pieces) NP (Result) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) PP[by] (Means) INI (Pieces)
NP (Agent) V () PPing[by] (Means) INI (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) PP[at] (Place) NP (Time) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) VPto (Purpose) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) PP[over] (Resistant_surface) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) AVP (Result) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) PP[between] (Time) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Cause) INI (Pieces) PP[at] (Place)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) PP[at] (Place) 2nd (Time) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) INI (Pieces) PP[on] (Place)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Cause) AVP (Manner)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) 2nd (Degree) PP[to] (Pieces)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) PP[with] (Instrument) AVP (Manner) INI (Pieces)
NP (Whole_patient) V () PP[by] (Cause) INI (Pieces)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) 2nd (Place) PP[on] (Time) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Degree) PP[with] (Instrument) INI (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () PP[by] (Agent) 2nd (Degree) PP[to] (Pieces) NP (Subregion)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) PP[to] (Degree) INI (Pieces)
NP (Agent) V () 2nd (Degree) PP[to] (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Degree) INI (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) PP[with] (Instrument) AVP (Manner) INI (Pieces) AVP (Time)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) INI (Pieces) PP[at] (Place) PP[on] (Time)
NP (Whole_patient) V () PP[by] (Agent) INI (Pieces) 2nd (Place) 3rd (Time)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) INI (Pieces) 2nd (Place)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) PP[at] (Place) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) Sub (Time) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Cause) V () INI (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) AVP (Time) PPing[before] (Time) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) AVP (Time) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Pieces) NP (Time) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () PP[with] (Instrument) AVP (Manner) INI (Pieces) AVP (Result) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () PP[with] (Instrument) PP[in] (Manner) INI (Pieces) AVP (Result) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () PP[with] (Instrument) INI (Pieces) AVP (Result) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () PP[by] (Agent) AVP (Pieces)
NP (Whole_patient) V () PP[by] (Cause) AVP (Manner) AVP (Pieces)
NP (Agent) V () Sub (Manner) INI (Pieces) AVP (Result) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () INI (Agent) AVP (Manner) PP[to] (Pieces)
NP (Agent) V () PP[in] (Pieces) PP[as] (Purpose) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Whole_patient) V () CNI (Agent) INI (Pieces) AVP (Result)
NP (Whole_patient) V () PP[by] (Agent) INI (Pieces) PP[in] (Time)
NP (Agent) V () PP[because of] (Explanation) INI (Pieces) NP (Whole_patient)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Manner) INI (Pieces) PP[at] (Whole_patient)
NP (Patient) V () PP[off,off,of,from] (Co-Patient) ADV-Middle ()
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) apart ()
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) PP.co-patient[off,off,of,from] (Co-Patient)
NP (Patient) V () apart ()
NP (Patient) V () apart () ADV-Middle ()


Examples from WordNet


The curtain ripped from top to bottom
tear the paper
cleave the bone
The rope snapped
pull the cooked chicken into strips



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


He could see the grin that split her mouth; the teeth that shone into the phone were like a shark 's.
The colonel crouched tensely on one of the folding_chairs, methodically tearing at his thumbnail.
The president of the Kansas_City local of the International_Association of Fire_Fighters was severly injured today when a bomb tore his car apart as he left home for work.
The fence, his only refuge when the metal death came roaring at him, was made of rails, all_right, but the rails were protected by a thick screening of barbed_wire that would rip his flesh if he pressed against it.
Reaching for an old clay pot, relic of pioneer days, he tore the envelope in pieces, dropping them into it, touching the little pyre to flame, watching it curl, the red sealing_wax melting and bubbling in the feathery ash.
A slug had torn half of his stirrup guard away.
She tore open the back door.
He and Mary would no_longer have to tear and rend at each other; their mutual torture would be over.
The younger Thomas ripped a screen_door, breaking the latch, and after an argument struck his uncle with a rock, scratching his face.
One thing should be clear to both husband and wife- neither pain nor profuse bleeding has_to occur when the hymen is ruptured during the first sex_act.
Let him chafe to see Charles, rip open the note with trembling hands and read the formal report in Hillman 's beautiful, schoolmaster 's hand.
He felt it rip at the side of his jacket and a momentary sting under his left ribs.
Oso reached up, jerked the buck from the bale and snapped his neck.
Some gracefully soared from the backs of their wounded, screaming mounts to make one last defiant charge before the lead split their hearts or tore their guts.
He heard the words:`` Rock_of_Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee!
A shot caught him and straightened him up in screaming pain; a following volley of shots shattered glass, ripped the ceiling, and sent him lurching heavily from the table.
Let the water and the blood From Thy riven side''.
Finding it true that he was not inside, the deputies returned to the first house and tore holes through the side and the roof until they could see a body on the bed covered by a blanket.
Do patriots everywhere know enough about how the persecution of the Jews in Germany and later in the occupied countries contributed to terrorizing the populations, splitting apart individuals and groups, arousing the meanest and most dishonest impulses, pulverizing trust and personal dignity, and finally forcing people to follow their masters into the abyss by making them partners in unspeakable crimes?
Clumps of brush that they passed were so many enchained demons straining in anger to tear and gnaw on his bones.
Susan and Julia ripped strips from their clothing and bound the injury.
His face was split by a vermilion streak, his eyes were pools of white; jagged red and black medicine symbols covered his chest.
The bitterness of their wedding_night still ripped within him like an open wound.
She snapped five tenths of a second off the mark set by Helen_Shipley, of Wellsley_College, in the National_A.A.U. meet in Columbus, Ohio.
There have been doves, magpies, thieving jackdaws, a proud peacock, a silly goose, and a harpy_eagle- whom I was silly enough to mate with and who is now busy tearing at my vitals''.
Slate said he and Crawford received cuts and scratches and their uniforms were badly torn.
The figure leapt from the box, almost lost its balance, the flag draped there tore in the air, the figure landed on its left leg, fell on its hands, and pressed itself up.
Other thicknesses may necessitate ripping a special size lumber for the glass trim.
The imposition of yet another pressure, a strong one, from_the_outside, might cause it to snap.
Some hymens are so strongly developed that they cannot be torn without considerable pain to the girl and marked loss of blood.
The bullet had torn through the flesh just above the knee, inflicting an ugly gash that was forming a pool of blood on the floor.
He and Mary would no_longer have to tear and rend at each other; their mutual torture would be over.
The insistent, forceful penetration may tear and inflame the vaginal walls as_well as do excessive damage to the hymen.
We consume tons of aspirin and tranquilizers and sleeping_pills in_order_to get a moment 's relief from the tensions that are tearing us apart.
A bullet fired by one of the Mexicans hiding in a little chicken house had passed_through his head, tearing a hole two inches square on the outgoing side.
He gasped for air and the impact tore his hand from the rail.
Some tore entirely through the whipsawed post_oak.