Dressing : simple_dressing-41.3.1












[8 : Somebody ----s something ]



NP (Wearer) V () NP (Clothing) Sub (Explanation)
NP (Wearer) V () NP (Clothing) VPto (Explanation)
NP (Wearer) V () NP (Clothing) VPing (Result) AVP (Time)
NP (Wearer) V () NP (Clothing) PP[on] (Time)
NP (Wearer) V () NP (Clothing) PP[for] (Explanation)
NP (Wearer) V () NP (Clothing) AVP (Manner)
NP (Wearer) V () NP (Clothing) AVP (Time)
NP (Wearer) V () NP (Clothing) Sub (Time)
NP (Wearer) V () PP[in] (Clothing) AVP (Manner)
NP (Wearer) V () PP[in] (Clothing)
NP (Pivot) V () NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Theme) NP (Wearer) V () NP (Clothing)


Examples from WordNet


He put on his best suit for the wedding
The queen assumed the stately robes
He got into his jeans
What should I wear today?
The princess donned a long blue dress



Examples from VerbNet


She wore the purple dress.
She donned the red hat.



Examples from SemCor


Undismayed by this contretemps, a small band of the faithful gathered at Lauchli 's home at 6: 30 A._M. the next day, put_on their uniforms, and headed for a farm several miles away.
The doctor 's mind was working at a great speed; he rose to put his greatcoat on and addressed Alex in a muted voice.
Had the situation been reversed, had, for_instance, England been the enemy in 1898 because of issues of concern chiefly to New_England, there is little doubt that large_numbers of Southerners would have happily put_on their old Confederate uniforms to fight as allies of Britain.
The dominant pottery of the century was Geometric; political organization revolved_about the basileis; trade was just beginning to expand; the gods who protected the Greek countryside were only now putting_on their sharply anthropomorphic dress.
`` I 've never done this before'', they always said, putting_on their stockings.
Linda_Kay felt_like going_off to the bedroom to cry; but they were going_up to the Big_House after supper, and she had_to put_on a clean dress and fix her hair a_little.
He had lived for almost thirty years in this same stone farmhouse with the same wife, a remarkably childish thing in itself; he rose at half past six every morning, made himself some French coffee, had his corn_flakes and more coffee, smoked four cigarettes while reading last Sunday 's Herald_Tribune and yesterday 's Pittsburgh_Gazette, then put_on his high-topped farmer 's shoes and walked under a vine bower to his workshop.
And to see the meaning of_this new picture, imagine that you can put_on more powerful glasses and go_back inside the atom and have_a_look at it in the way we view it today.
They knew that their perceptual experience differed from objective reality since they had seen the desk and ball prior to putting_on the aniseikonic lenses.
The others put_on old coats or ducking jackets, whichever they carried behind their saddle cantles.
To Voltaire 's surprise, however, their host gives them fresh clothes to put_on, opens his purse to lend them money and sits them down before a good dinner.
Evenings, he was frequently to be seen at restaurants like Enrico+ Paglieri's or Peter's_Backyard drunkenly donning ladies' hats and singing`` O_Sole_Mio''.
He 'd put_on his old brown corduroy coat and it was already soaked.
Changing his clothes, he put_on his dark-blue flannel suit, and laid away the gray jacket with the feeling that he might be putting it aside for_good.
The fat man removed his apron, put_on a greasy and wrinkled jacket, and zipped it over his paunch.
Those who had slickers donned them.
He had put_on the gray jacket and the dark gray slacks and the fawn colored shirt he had worn that first night in Rome when he had encountered her on the street.
Mike stripped these from him and donned them.
Gilborn put_on his coat again.
He went_to the room he had rented and got_into his overcoat.
And as the waves flow back_and_forth and merge with the waves from the neighboring atoms, you can put_on a magic hearing_aid and you hear music.
She said to the saleslady,`` I want a dress to put_on around the house''.