Grinding : carve-21.2












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



NP (Patient) V () CNI (Grinder) PP[with] (Instrument)
NP (Patient) V () CNI (Grinder) PP[with] (Instrument) PP[in] (Locus)
NP (Grinder) V () NP (Patient) PP[in] (Place) VPto (Purpose)
NP (Patient) V () CNI (Grinder) PP[into] (Result)
NP (Grinder) V () PP[in] (Duration) NP (Patient)
NP (Grinder) V () PP[into] (Goal) NP (Patient) VPto (Purpose) Sub (Time)
NP (Grinder) V () PP[with] (Instrument) NP (Patient)
NP (Patient) V () CNI (Grinder) PP[between] (Locus)
NP (Grinder) V () AVP (Locus) NP (Patient)
NP (Grinder) V () PP[in] (Locus) NP (Patient)
NP (Patient) V () CNI (Grinder) PP[in] (Place)
NP (Patient) V () CNI (Grinder) PP[in] (Place) PP[to] (Result)
NP (Patient) V () CNI (Grinder) VPto (Purpose)
NP (Patient) V () CNI (Grinder) PP[for] (Purpose) PP[into] (Result)
NP (Patient) V () CNI (Grinder) AVP (Result)
NP (Grinder) V () NP (Patient) PP[into] (Result)
NP (Grinder) V () NP (Patient) VPto (Result)
NP (Patient) V () CNI (Grinder) AVP (Time)
NP (Grinder) V () NP (Patient) AVP (Time)
NP (Grinding_cause) V () NP (Patient)
NP (Grinding_cause) V () NP (Patient) PP[into] (Result)
NP (Grinder) V () PP[into] (Goal) NP (Patient)
NP (Grinder) V () AVP (Manner) NP (Patient)
NP (Grinding_cause) V () PP[into] (Goal) NP (Patient)
NP (Patient) V () PP[beneath] (Grinding_cause)
NP (Patient) V () CNI (Grinder) Sub (Manner) AVP (Place)
NP (Patient) V () CNI (Grinder)
NP (Grinder) V () PP[with] (Manner) NP (Patient) PP[at] (Place)
NP (Grinder) V () NP (Patient) AVP (Result)
NP (Grinder) V () PP[with] (Instrument) AVP (Manner) NP (Patient)
NP (Grinder) V () PP[for] (Duration) AVP (Manner) DNI (Patient)
NP (Grinder) V () AVP (Manner) NP (Patient) Sub (Purpose)
NP (Patient) V () CNI (Grinder) PP[for] (Purpose)
NP (Grinder) V () NP (Patient) AVP (Result) PP[off] (Result)
NP.instrument (Instrument) V () NP (Patient)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) PP.instrument[with] (Instrument)
NP.instrument (Instrument) V () ADVP ()
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) NP (Grinder) V () NP (Patient)
NP (Grinder) V () INI (Patient)
NP (Patient) V () ADVP-Middle ()


Examples from WordNet


mash the garlic
grind the spices in a mortar



Examples from VerbNet


Carol crushed the ice.
That hammer crushes well.
Carol carved the stone with a chisel.
Carol drilled the stone.
The hammer crushed the marble.
The ice crushed easily.
The chisel carves well.
Carol drilled the stone with a hammer drill.
Carol carved the stone.
The chisel carved the statue.
The marble drilled easily.
Carol crushed the ice with a hammer.
The antique hand drill drilled well.
The antique hand drill drilled the stone.
The marble carved easily.



Examples from SemCor


The highway_system is an agency of government, and when it grinds up 40000 Americans every_year the government is destroying its own taxpayers, which is obviously a silly thing for any government to do.