Emptying : other_cos-45.4












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



NP (Agent) V () PP[onto] (Goal) NP (Source) INI (Theme)
NP (Source) V () CNI (Agent) PPing[by] (Means) INI (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[by] (Means) NP (Source) PP[of] (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[in] (Manner) NP (Source) PP[of] (Theme)
NP (Source) V () PP[by] (Agent) PP[via] (Path) INI (Theme)
NP (Source) V () CNI (Agent) AJP (Result) INI (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AJP (Result) NP (Source) 2nd (Theme)
NP (Source) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Degree) PP[of] (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Manner) NP (Source) PP[of] (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () Sub (Purpose) NP (Source) PP[of] (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Manner) PP[with] (Means) NP (Source) INC (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[in] (Manner) PP[with] (Means) NP (Source) INC (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AJP (Depictive) NP (Source) INC (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () Poss (Source) INC (Theme)
NP (Source) V () CNI (Agent) PP[with] (Instrument) INC (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[with] (Instrument) NP (Source) INC (Theme)
NP (Source) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Degree) INC (Theme)
NP (Source) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Manner) PP[in] (Means) INC (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Manner) NP (Source) INC (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[with] (Means) NP (Source) INC (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () VPing (Instrument) NP (Source) INI (Theme)
NP (Source) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Manner) INI (Theme)
NP (Source) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Degree) Sfin (Degree) PP[of] (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[under] (Circumstances) DNI (Source) INC (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () Sub (Circumstances) DNI (Source) INC (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[in] (Containing_event) NP (Source) INC (Theme)
NP (Source) V () PP[by] (Agent) 2nd (Place) INC (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () 2nd (Place) NP (Source) INC (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () PP[at] (Place) NP (Source) INC (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () 2nd (Place) NP (Source) INC (Theme) PP[on] (Time)
NP (Agent) V () Sub (Result) NP (Source) INC (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () VPing (Result) NP (Source) INC (Theme) NP (Time)
N (Agent) V () DNI (Source) INC (Theme)
Poss (Agent) V () NP (Source) INC (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () DNI (Source) INC (Theme) PP[by] (Time)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Source) PP[from] (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Cause) V () PP[of] (Source) NP (Theme)
NP (Patient) V () NP (Result) ADJ ()
NP (Patient) V () ADV-Middle ()
NP.patient (Patient) V () NP (Source) V () CNI (Agent) INI (Theme)
NP (Source) V () CNI (Cause) INI (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () NP.patient (Patient) NP (Agent) V () NP (Source) DNI (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Source) INI (Theme)
NP (Cause) V () NP (Source) INI (Theme)
NP.instrument (Instrument) V () NP (Patient)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) PP.instrument[with] (Instrument) NP (Agent) V () NP (Source) PP[of] (Theme)
NP (Cause) V () NP (Source) PP[from] (Theme)


Examples from WordNet


clear the water before it can be drunk
Empty the box
The alarm emptied the building
The room emptied
We drained the oil tank



Examples from VerbNet


The clothes dried wrinkled.
The clothes dried.
Bill dried the clothes with a hairdryer.
The hairdryer dried the clothes.
The cotton clothes dried easily.
Bill dried the clothes.



Examples from SemCor


There the bus turned right_along the Bosphorus, past ocean_liners at anchor, to Galata Bridge over the entrance to the Golden_Horn, a brown sweep of water that empties into the Bosphorus.
As the pool is emptied, stand_by to brush down the walls and bottom while they are still wet.
Emptied the bottle.
Poach the apples in_this syrup for twelve minutes, drain them, and cool.
It has given considerable trouble at_times and empties right into the Battenkill.
In the liquid phase runs the amount of carbon_tetrachloride in each reaction tube was determined by weighing the tube before opening and weighing the fragments after emptying.
The progress of science over these last few centuries and the gradual replacement of Biblical by scientific categories of reality have to a large extent emptied the spirit_world of the entities which previously populated it.
The Bordel and other places of prostitution were emptied.