Evading : avoid-52












[9 : Somebody ----s somebody ]
[10 : Something ----s somebody ]



NP (Agent) V () NP.location (Location)
NP (Evader) V () AVP (Area) NP (Pursuer)
NP (Evader) V () PP[at] (Area) NP (Pursuer)
NP (Evader) V () NP (Capture)
NP (Evader) V () NP (Capture) AVP (Manner)
NP (Evader) V () NP (Capture) PPing[by] (Means)
NP (Evader) V () NP (Capture) PP[since] (Time)
NP (Evader) V () NP (Pursuer) NP (Time)
NP (Evader) V () PP[in] (Manner) NP (Pursuer)
NP (Evader) V () PP[with] (Manner) NP (Pursuer) NP (Time)
NP (Evader) V () PP[by] (Means) NP (Pursuer)
NP (Evader) V () VPing (Means) NP (Pursuer) PP[as] (Time)
NP (Pursuer) V () CNI (Evader)
Poss (Evader) V () NP (Pursuer)
NP (Evader) V () NP (Pursuer) AVP (Time)
NP (Evader) V () NP (Pursuer) PP[before] (Time)
NP (Evader) V () PP[at] (Area) NP (Pursuer) PP[on] (Time)
NP (Evader) V () AVP (Manner) NP (Pursuer)
NP (Evader) V () Sfin (Purpose) NP (Pursuer)
NP (Pursuer) V () CNI (Evader) PP[during] (Time)
NP (Evader) V () VPing (Depictive) PP[through] (Path) DNI (Pursuer) PP[as] (Speed)
NP (Evader) V () PP[through] (Path) DNI (Pursuer)
NP (Evader) V () PP[in] (Path) DNI (Pursuer) AVP (Speed)
NP (Evader) V () VPto (Purpose) DNI (Pursuer)
NP (Evader) V () PP[at] (Area) PP[from] (Pursuer)
NP (Evader) V () PP[from] (Pursuer) AVP (Speed)
NP (Evader) V () PP[from] (Pursuer) PP[after] (Time)
NP (Evader) V () DNI (Pursuer) AVP (Time) Sub (Time)
NP (Agent) V () NP.theme (Theme) NP (Evader) V () DNI (Pursuer)
NP (Evader) V () NP (Pursuer)
NP (Agent) V () S_ING (Theme)


Examples from WordNet


The event evades explanation
The thief eluded the police
This difficult idea seems to evade her



Examples from VerbNet


He avoided his nagging.
We avoided the ball.
He avoided going to the area.
We avoided the area.



Examples from SemCor


They succeeded in eluding the curious at the hotel, but there was no chance of avoiding them at the nightclub.
Billy_Gardner 's line_double, which just eluded the diving Minnie_Minoso in left_field, drove_in Jim_Lemon with the winning run with two out in the last of the ninth to give the Minnesota_Twins a 6- 5 victory over the Chicago_White_Sox Monday.