Taking : steal-10.5












[9 : Somebody ----s somebody ]
[16 : Somebody ----s something from somebody ]
[8 : Somebody ----s something ]



NP (Agent) V () PP[for] (Explanation) DNI (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[in] (Place) INI (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) NP (Agent) V () PP[upon] (Time)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[in] (Containing_event) INI (Source)
NP (Agent) V () PP[during] (Containing_event) INI (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[in] (Containing_event) INI (Source) PP[by] (Theme)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[in] (Place) DNI (Source)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[at] (Place) INI (Source) PP[in] (Time)
NP (Agent) V () PP[in] (Place) PP[from] (Source) NP (Theme) PP[in] (Time)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[in] (Place) PP[after] (Time)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[to] (Purpose) PP[from] (Source)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) PP[from] (Source)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent) INI (Source) AVP (Time)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Source) NP (Theme) PP[in] (Time)
NP (Theme) V () CNI (Agent)
NP (Theme) V () PP[during] (Containing_event) PP[on] (Time)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Manner) PP[as] (Purpose) INI (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Place) INI (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[for] (Purpose) INI (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Theme) NP (Agent) V () INI (Source)
NP (Theme) NP (Agent) V () PP[from] (Source) PP[during] (Time)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Theme) PP.source[PREP] (Source) NP (Agent) V () PP[from] (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Theme) NP (Agent) V () NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Beneficiary) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Theme) PP.source[PREP] (Source) PP.beneficiary[for] (Beneficiary)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Theme) PP.beneficiary[for] (Beneficiary)


Examples from WordNet


The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages
wrest the knife from his hands
wrest power from the old government
The terrorists seized the politicians
wrest a meaning from the old text



Examples from VerbNet


The thief stole the painting from John for Mary.
The thief stole Mary some paint.
The thief stole the painting from the museum.
The thief stole the painting.
The thief stole the painting for Mary.



Examples from SemCor


With a curse, Vince seized the thing nearest, a glass sugar container with a spouted metal top, and threw it against the wall opposite.
The rebels may try to seize what is left of the October harvest when the floods recede and the monsoon ends in November.
Seizing the bridle, he tugged with all his might and forced Katie to her knees.
Mr._Eisenhower seized upon the incident of the postcard lost by a Peace_Corps girl in Nigeria to attack the entire Corps as a`` juvenile experiment'' and to suggest sending a Corps member to the moon.