Expansion : bend-45.2












[4 : Something is ----ing PP ]
[1 : Something ----s ]



NP (Item) V () AVP (Degree)
NP (Item) V () AVP (Time)
NP (Item) V () Sub (Time)
NP (Item) V () AVP (Size_change)
NP (Item) V () PP[in] (Dimension)
NP (Item) V () PP[from] (Initial_size) PP[to] (Result_size)
NP (Item) V () PP[from] (Initial_size) PP[to] (Result_size) AVP (Size_change)
NP (Item) V () NP (Item)
NP (Item) V () AVP (Manner)
NP (Item) V () PP[at] (Rate)
NP (Item) V () PP[to] (Result_size)
NP (Item) V () PP[by] (Size_change)
NP (Item) V () AVP (Degree) Sfin (Degree)
NP (Item) V () PP[in] (Dimension) PP[from] (Initial_size) PP[to] (Result_size)
NP (Item) V () PP[in] (Dimension) PP[to] (Result_size)
NP (Item) V () VPto (Result_size)
NP (Item) V () PP[to] (Result_size) PP[by] (Time)
NP (Item) V () PP[to] (Goal)
NP (Item) V () PP[to] (Goal) AVP (Manner)
NP (Item) V () PP[of] (Path)
NP.instrument (Instrument) V () NP (Patient)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) ADJ (Result)
NP.patient (Patient) V () NP (Item) V ()
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) PP.instrument[with] (Instrument)
NP (Patient) V () ADV-Middle ()
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) PP.result[to,into] (Result)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) PP.result[to,into] (Result) PP.instrument[with] (Instrument)
NP (Agent) V () NP.patient (Patient)


Examples from WordNet


The sails ballooned
The fabric shrank
The balloon shrank



Examples from VerbNet


The rod bent.
Tony bent the rod into a U.
Tony bent the rod with pliers.
Tony folded the flaps open.
The pliers bent the rod.
Tony bent the rod into a U with pliers.
The copper rods bent easily.
Tony bent the rod.



Examples from SemCor


Dr._Bonnor supports the idea that the universe both expands and contracts, that in several billion years the expansion will slow_up and reverse itself and that the contraction will set_in.
Do not use wood as it will not shrink with the clay and would cause breakage.