Desiring : long-32.2












[22 : Somebody ----s PP ]
[26 : Somebody ----s that CLAUSE ]
[8 : Somebody ----s something ]
[28 : Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE ]



NP (Pivot) V () PP.theme[after] (Theme)
NP (Experiencer) V () AVP (Degree) NP (Event)
NP (Experiencer) V () AVP (Degree) VPto (Event) NP (Focal_participant)
NP (Experiencer) V () AVP (Degree) PP[for] (Explanation) NP (Focal_participant)
NP (Experiencer) V () AVP (Degree) NP (Focal_participant)
NP (Experiencer) V () VPto (Event)
NP (Experiencer) V () VPto (Event) NP (Focal_participant) PP[on] (Time_of_event)
NP (Experiencer) V () NP (Event) VPto (Event) NP (Place)
NP (Event) V () PP[by] (Experiencer)
NP (Experiencer) V () NP (Event)
NP (Experiencer) V () Sfin (Event)
NP (Experiencer) V () NP (Event) Sfin (Explanation)
NP (Experiencer) V () NP (Event) VPfin (Explanation)
NP (Experiencer) V () VPto (Event) AVP (Explanation)
NP (Experiencer) V () VPto (Event) Sub (Explanation)
NP (Experiencer) V () AJP (Event) NP (Focal_participant)
NP (Experiencer) V () PP[on] (Event) NP (Focal_participant)
NP (Experiencer) V () VPing (Event) NP (Focal_participant)
NP (Experiencer) V () VPto (Event) NP (Focal_participant)
NP (Experiencer) V () AJP (Event) NP (Focal_participant) AVP (Time_of_event)
NP (Experiencer) V () PP[in] (Event) NP (Focal_participant) PP[by] (Time_of_event)
NP (Experiencer) V () NP (Event) PP[for] (Purpose_of_event)
NP (Experiencer) V () NP (Event) VPto (Purpose_of_event)
NP (Experiencer) V () VPto (Event) PP[for] (Purpose_of_event)
NP (Experiencer) V () NP (Event) AVP (Time)
NP (Experiencer) V () Sfin (Event) PP[during] (Time)
NP (Focal_participant) V () NP (Event)
NP (Focal_participant) V () VPto (Event)
NP (Focal_participant) V () CNI (Experiencer)
NP (Experiencer) V () AVP (Focal_participant)
NP (Experiencer) V () NP (Focal_participant)
NP (Experiencer) V () NP (Focal_participant) AVP (Manner)
NP (Experiencer) V () NP (Focal_participant) PP[for] (Purpose_of_event)
NP (Experiencer) V () NP (Focal_participant) PP[as] (Role_of_focal_participant)
NP (Experiencer) V () AVP (Degree) VPto (Event)
NP (Experiencer) V () NP (Event) VPto (Event)
NP (Experiencer) V () AVP (Degree) PP[after] (Focal_participant) PP[in] (Time)
NP (Experiencer) V () PP[after] (Event)
NP (Experiencer) V () INI (Event) PP[in] (Manner)
NP (Experiencer) V () PP[after] (Focal_participant) PP[like] (Manner)
NP (Experiencer) V () PP[after] (Focal_participant)
NP (Focal_participant) V () AVP (Degree) CNI (Experiencer) PP[for] (Focal_participant)
NP (Experiencer) V () PP[for] (Focal_participant) AVP (Time)
NP (Experiencer) V () AVP (Degree) VPfin (Event)
NP (Experiencer) V () PP[above] (Degree) VPto (Event)
NP (Experiencer) V () AVP (Degree) Sforto (Event) Sfin (Explanation)
NP (Experiencer) V () NP (Event) PP[for] (Event)
NP (Experiencer) V () NP (Event) VPto (Event) AVP (Manner)
NP (Experiencer) V () PP[for] (Event) Sfin (Explanation)
NP (Experiencer) V () PP[for] (Focal_participant) AVP (Manner) AVP (Time)
NP (Experiencer) V () VPto (Event) PP[for] (Explanation)
NP (Experiencer) V () PP[for] (Event) AVP (Time)
NP (Experiencer) V () VPto (Event) AVP (Time)
NP (Experiencer) NP (Event) V () PP[since] (Duration)
NP (Event) V () CNI (Experiencer) PP[like] (Manner)
NP (Experiencer) V () Sinterrog (Focal_participant)
NP (Experiencer) V () PP[for] (Duration) VPto (Event)
NP (Experiencer) V () AVP (Event)
NP (Experiencer) V () PP[for] (Focal_participant) PP[of] (Focal_participant)
NP (Experiencer) V () PP[over] (Focal_participant) NP (Time)
NP (Experiencer) V () 2nd (Event) VPto (Event)
NP (Experiencer) V () VPfin (Event)
NP (Event) V () INI (Experiencer) PP[from] (Explanation)
NP (Focal_participant) V () AVP (Degree) CNI (Experiencer) PP[as] (Role_of_focal_participant)
NP (Experiencer) V () VPing (Event)
NP (Experiencer) V () NP (Focal_participant) AVP (Time)
NP (Experiencer) V () NP (Focal_participant) PP[after] (Time)
NP (Experiencer) V () VPing (Event) AVP (Time)
NP (Experiencer) V () NP (Event) Sub (Time_of_event)
NP (Experiencer) V () NP (Focal_participant) NP (Time_of_event)
NP (Experiencer) V () NP (Degree) PP[for] (Focal_participant)
NP (Pivot) V () S_INF (Theme)
NP (Pivot) V () PP.theme[for] (Theme)


Examples from WordNet


I trust you will behave better from now on
She is itching to start the project
She dying for a cigarette
I was dying to leave
He is spoiling for a fight
I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise
I wish I could go home now



Examples from VerbNet


John hankered to move up the corporate ladder.
Danny longs for a sunny day.
Danny yearns after sunny days.



Examples from SemCor


We hoped that its practitioners and teachers might be put on some sort_of reserve list and called_back for refresher_courses each_year or_so.
Greg wished the Air_Corps had continued to camouflage planes.
What they wished for most was security; what they feared most was war or political instability in their own country.
I could not cling to my past nor did I wish to.
I did want to touch him and I hoped Ma would do it but she kept looking at the kid 's clothes piled on the floor and the pool of water by them and did make any move to.
Krist, I wish they could write!
Just like the balloon would go_up and you could sit all day and wish it would spring a leak or blow to_hell up and burn and nothing like that would happen.
If a nation wished to get a head_start in physical fitness over all other nations, it would start its kindergarten students on a program of gymnastics the day they entered and thus eliminate a large_number of the problems that plague American schools.
I hope it can be said without boasting that no other nation offers its vacationing motorists such variety and beauty of scene, such an excellent network of roads on_which to enjoy it and such decent, far-flung over-night accommodations.
In the absence of a reservoir of political consensus each organized political group hopes that the elections will give them new prominence, but in a system where there is as_yet no place for the less prominent.
He looked very carefully at every piece of, as though hoping to store this information carefully in his mind.
I would hope that Sargent_Shriver will encourage everyone entering the Peace_Corps to read it.
Tenements, stores, saloons, some gambling, I hope not.
Remembering the step-by-step fate of Danzig and the West German misgivings about`` salami'' tactics, it is to be hoped that the dispatch of General_Clay to West_Berlin as President_Kennedy 's representative will mark a stiffening of response not_only to future indignities and aggressions but also to some that have passed.
She realized I 'd have_to notify the police, but fervently hoped I could avoid mentioning her name.
Of_course, if your pool is close_to the house, your wife can always add it to her housekeeping chores( you hope).
Otherwise, we go_on endlessly trying to draw_the_line, color and other, as to which kind_of man we wish to see dominate.
No, originally he had hoped to become a concert pianist and had even performed as_such.
Winter came, and with it Mary 's baby- a boy as she had wished.
That mention of_this should bring smiles to our lips today is as clear an indication as we could wish of the extent to_which attitudes have changed.
Wilson backed the team into the traces, and wished they were going_to town at_all.
As he had longed to be, he became the echo of a saga.
When Claire returned to Bishopsgate she longed to tell them she had become Byron 's mistress.
Meantime, over the decade of the sixties, we can hope that many other countries will ready themselves for the big push into self-sustaining growth.
We wish the President would remember that`` fiscal responsibility'' was the battle-cry of the party that lost the election.
They would have to go west through the narrow river valley that separated Leyte from Samar and hope that it did close_in before they returned.
I certainly hope this will be the impression left in the minds of readers, rather_than the comment by Cleveland_Amory in his First Of The Month column.
`` I wish I had three wishes'', Maggie said.
I would hope that we could create the recognition in the Department and overseas that those who come_across little things going_wrong have the responsibility for bringing these to the attention of those who can do something about them.
Hengesbach, who has been living_on welfare recently, said he hopes to rebuild the farm which was settled by his grandfather in Westphalia, 27 miles southwest of here.
You could wish that.
Mr._Clark still has to use rotenone with potatoes grown on the_least fertile fields, but he has watched the insect damage decrease steadily and hopes that continued use of compost and leaf mulch will allow him to do without it in_the_future.
He rather wished he had never got_into the business, and still- scarcely to be resisted, a nice little profit with not much work involved, easy_money.
Are you longing for peace in your heart?
Until professional planners meet this situation squarely and update the concepts of zoning in a manner acceptable to the courts, I hope we in East_Greenwich can continue to shape our own destiny.
The Democratic leadership, however, hopes to pass it sometime this week.
And Sam thanked her, and hoped he might meet her nephew back home, and asked her if she had any further news of the Pope.
He had hoped to be alone in the bombproof, but the soldier had followed him.
This country has not used them, and I hope that we never will be compelled to use them.
Do you yearn to make cakes and pies, or special cookies and candies?
Marty wished these poor farm people would turn their backs.
But by comparison with the railroad, the motor car is a relatively new object of popular worship, so it is too_much to hope that it may be brought within the bounds of civilized usage quickly and easily.
`` Make a_couple_of punk detectives named Geely and Harris wish to God they 'd stayed out of my way this afternoon.
The cleansing tissues she had been using had been falling on the floor, and he got_up and picked_up one, then another, hoping she would notice what he was doing.
I hope the man who plans to sit on his hands until the emergency comes will have a change of heart, will get busy and be the first member of our`` plus-one'' shelter club.
Further, I would hope that we could to little things.
On the Latin_American front, the President held talks with Secretary of the Treasury_Douglas_Dillon before sending him to Uruguay and the Inter-American Economic_and_Social_Council( which the President himself had originally hoped to attend).
We trust you are not_one of the 70000000 Americans who do not attend church, but who feel that various forms of recreation are more important than worshipping the God who made our country great.
Before we get_through he 'll have the Blackfeet hankerin' for our hair and our goods.
`` When and if it can do so without jeopardizing constitutional and statutory tax-exemption privileges essential to the maintenance of its educational program and facilities, Emory_University will consider applications of persons desiring to study or work at the University without regard_to race, color or creed, continuing university policy that all applications shall be considered on the basis of intellectual and moral standards and other criteria designed to assure the orderly and effective conduct of the university and the fulfillment of its mission as an institution of Christian higher education''.
Now he broke them open, hoping a good meal might lessen this depression crushing Hettie.
She remembered little of her previous journey there with Grace, and she could but hope that her dedication to her mission would enable her to accomplish it.
I hope no one expects that only Presidential appointees are looked_upon as sources of ideas.
A year ago today, when the Democrats were fretting and frolicking in Los_Angeles and John_F._Kennedy was still only an able and ambitious Senator who yearned for the power and responsibility of the Presidency, Theodore_H._White had already compiled masses of notes about the Presidential campaign of 1960.
If this choice is less exciting than New_York Democrats may wish, it nevertheless must be made.
Perhaps, even, though this is too_much to wish, find the Forerunner himself''?
`` I might point_out that your inability to report to my office this morning when you were instructed to do so has not, ah, limited my knowledge of your activities as you may have hoped''.
I hope Raphael bought them whole''.
Miss_Colman hopes to find suitable shakers so_that kelp can be available at the tables.
It was obvious that he wished himself different from the sort_of person he thought he was.
As John_T._Westbrook says in his article,`` Twilight of Southern_Regionalism''( Southwest_Review, Winter 1957):`` The miasmal mausoleum where an Old_South, already too minutely autopsied in prose and poetry, should be_left to rest in peace, forever dead and( let us fervently hope) forever done_with''.
I only hope my talking to you has helped you a_little, anyway, because you need spiritual bucking-up''.
He might have been hoping, to all appearances, that this relatively sunny symphony, in conjunction with the Choral_Fantasy at the end of the program, could amount to something like the Ninth; but no amount of head-tossing could make it so.
She wished to change much for the children here''.
It was the best he could hope for on a watch that had ended with a session in Killpath 's office.
The United_States hopes that any future Lao_Cabinet would not become Communist dominated.
She said,`` Oh Eugenia, I wish&&&''.
A petition bearing the signatures of more_than 1700 Johnston taxpayers was presented to the town council last night as what is hoped will be the first step in obtaining a home_rule charter for the town.
She also taught them to sing`` I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate''.
Since writing was practiced in the Aegean before the end of the century, we may hope that the details of tradition will now be occasionally useful.
Stevie yearned for a dog.
Had he always wished to be a conductor?
Kitti was thirty years younger than Stanley, taller than Stanley, prettier than Stanley had any right to hope for, much_less expect.
The type of program desired can be determined by the nature and extent of the adjustments needed.
When painting, Mason 's physical eyes are half closed, while his mind's_eye is wide_open, and this circumstance accounts in part for the impression he wishes to convey.
Wishing to show that aviation was dependable and here to stay, Bob_Fogg always made a point of taking_off each morning on the dot of seven, disregarding rain, snow and sleet in true postal tradition.
( Bearden reportedly hoped to peddle the plane to Castro, and live high in Cuba.)
In the interim between now and next year, we trust the House and Senate will put their minds to studying Georgia 's very real economic, fiscal and social problems and come_up with answers without all the political heroics.
Far from it; I merely draw an etymological distinction, hoping that specialists and busy people like you will welcome such precision in a layman.
When the end did come, and the schools were disbanded and abandoned, we felt and hoped that the machinery of psychological_warfare would not be allowed to rust.
I wished to prepare myself but did not even know what sort_of clothes I ought_to be wearing.
The National_Park_Service hopes by 1966 to have 30000 campsites available for 100000 campers a day- almost twice what there are at_present.
To hope to cover just one region of_this land and to enjoy all_of its sights and events and, of_course, to bring_back pictures of your experiences, requires advance planning.
He hoped they would put it somewhere way, way down in the earth.
Persons developed in to-day 's corporations cannot hope to serve here- a judgment based on experiences of my own in business and in activities outside.
And one of the Milwaukee rookies sighed and remarked,`` Wish I was 40, and a top grade big_leaguer.
He bases his present contention on the general right to explore, indicating that he hopes to find some discrepancy in the resume.
Or you could wish your daddy would really do it- kill Gratt_Shafer like he said when you all_the_time, all_along, could feel the nerve draining out of him like air out of a punctured tire when you are on a muddy road alone and it is raining and at night.
The historian can only point_out those lines which were major enough to find reflection in our limited evidence, and must hope that future excavations will enrich our understanding.
I know of no other solution than the one N._C. proposes- to do what we can for each sufferer as he confronts us, hoping that this will spread beyond him to others at_some_time and some place.
She had a hard_time making him understand that it was Farouk she wished to meet.
A Michigan soldier wrote his brother:`` I am well at_present with the exception I have got the Dyerear and I hope thease few lines find you the same''.
Her hesitation was only momentary and she hoped he did n't notice it, as she settled herself, asked quickly how Miss_Jenny and the babies were getting_on.
And there must be many Soviet citizens who know what is going_on and who realize that before they can hope to enjoy the full life promised for 1980 they and their children must first survive.
`` I'm mad'', and only wished he had been.
He who had tried so hard, who had yearned so passionately to be a great officer.
was Henrietta hoydenish like Jo, who frankly wished she were a boy and had deliberately shortened her name, which, like Henrietta 's, was the feminine form of a boy 's name.
She hopes that all will support the contestants from our own community by attending our Pageants and the State_Pageant_June 17; And now, therefore, do I, John_A._Notte, Jr., Governor of the State of Rhode_Island and Providence Plantations, proclaim the week of June 11 th to 17 th, 1961, as Miss Rhode_Island Pageant_Week, with deep appreciation to the Jaycees, local and statewide, for the presentation of their beautiful Pageants and the encouragement of all Rhode_Island girls to participate.
The men were restive, he wrote, ready to take the battle to the enemy as Jackson wished.
You can hope against hope that come spring_cleaning, your fair-weather friends will lend a hand at scrubbing and furbishing.
What hope lay_in the nephews, she asked the intensifying light out there, with one married to a barren woman and the other divorced, having sired two girl children, with none to bear_on the Packard name?
How many women had longed for the privilege that was hers.
Now he knew perfectly that he had but longed to increase his own suffering.
Just why anybody should wish to start a riot the executive_officer did n't know.
Certainly it is n't making the President happy, and he has been doing his apologetic best to explain how the budget got into its unbalanced condition, how he intends to economize wherever he can and_how he hopes to do better next year.
I had always, I said, hankered after working hard with my hands.
But one wishes, when the appetite is whetted, as it was in the case of the all-too-brief excerpt from the Blomdahl opera, that further opportunity would be provided both for hearing the works in their entirety and for a closer analytical look at the sense and nature of the compositions.
I just hope it does n't work on Earthmen too.