Verb Features:

WordNet:
None
Groupings:
None
FrameNet:
None
BSO:
Destroy Activity

annihilate

Verb Features:

WordNet:
assassinate%2:41:00
Groupings:
assassinate.01
FrameNet:
Killing
BSO:
Murder Activity

assassinate

Verb Features:

WordNet:
bushwhack%2:33:00
Groupings:
bushwhack.01
FrameNet:
None
BSO:
None

bushwhack

Verb Features:

WordNet:
butcher%2:35:00
Groupings:
None
FrameNet:
None
BSO:
Destroy Activity
Prepare Food Activity
Cause Negative State

butcher

Verb Features:

WordNet:
dispatch%2:41:01
Groupings:
dispatch.03
FrameNet:
Killing
BSO:
None

dispatch

Verb Features:

WordNet:
eliminate%2:30:00
Groupings:
eliminate.01
FrameNet:
Killing
BSO:
Remove Activity

eliminate

Verb Features:

WordNet:
None
Groupings:
None
FrameNet:
None
BSO:
None

euthanize

Verb Features:

WordNet:
execute%2:41:00
execute%2:41:01
Groupings:
execute.01
FrameNet:
Execution
BSO:
Murder Activity
Relational Process

execute

Verb Features:

WordNet:
None
Groupings:
None
FrameNet:
None
BSO:
Destroy Activity

exterminate

Verb Features:

WordNet:
immolate%2:40:00
Groupings:
None
FrameNet:
None
BSO:
Murder Activity

immolate

Verb Features:

WordNet:
liquidate%2:35:00
Groupings:
liquidate.04
FrameNet:
Killing
BSO:
Destroy Activity
Business Activity

liquidate

Verb Features:

WordNet:
None
Groupings:
None
FrameNet:
None
BSO:
None

lynch

Verb Features:

WordNet:
massacre%2:30:00
Groupings:
None
FrameNet:
None
BSO:
Destroy Activity

massacre

Verb Features:

WordNet:
murder%2:41:00
Groupings:
murder.01
FrameNet:
Killing
BSO:
Murder Activity

murder

Verb Features:

WordNet:
None
Groupings:
None
FrameNet:
None
BSO:
None

off

Verb Features:

WordNet:
slaughter%2:35:00
slaughter%2:30:00
Groupings:
slaughter.01
slaughter.02
FrameNet:
Killing
BSO:
Prepare Food Activity
Kill Animal Activity

slaughter

Verb Features:

WordNet:
slay%2:41:00
Groupings:
None
FrameNet:
None
BSO:
Murder Activity

slay

Definition:
Actor in an event who initiates and carries out the event intentionally or consciously, and who exists independently of the event.
Example:
THEY decided to go.

Agent [ +animate ]

Definition:
An Undergoer in an event that is usually structurally changed, for instance by experiencing a change of state or condition; is often acted upon by an agent; is causally involved or directly affected by other participants; and exists independently of the event.
Example:
Brutus murdered JULIUS CAESAR.

Patient [ +animate ]

Definition:
Undergoer in an event that is manipulated by an agent, and with which an intentional act is performed; it exists independently of the event. For all roles containing symmetrical participants, we assume that the ordering is non-arbitrary and may be pragmatically determined and/or related to figure-ground considerations; however, the usefulness of this distinction may be application-specific.
Example:
Jennifer baked the potatoes IN THE OVEN.

Instrument

NP V NP NP V NP PP.instrument

EXAMPLE:

Brutus murdered Julius Caesar.
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SYNTAX:

Definition:
Actor in an event who initiates and carries out the event intentionally or consciously, and who exists independently of the event.
Example:
THEY decided to go.

Agent VERB

Definition:
An Undergoer in an event that is usually structurally changed, for instance by experiencing a change of state or condition; is often acted upon by an agent; is causally involved or directly affected by other participants; and exists independently of the event.
Example:
Brutus murdered JULIUS CAESAR.

Patient

SEMANTICS:

Definition:
An animate Patient is alive at the beginning or end of the event.
Arguments:
start(E) OR result(E), Patient

alive( e1 ,

Definition:
An Undergoer in an event that is usually structurally changed, for instance by experiencing a change of state or condition; is often acted upon by an agent; is causally involved or directly affected by other participants; and exists independently of the event.
Example:
Brutus murdered JULIUS CAESAR.

Patient )

Definition:
A participant engages in an action.
Arguments:
during(E), Agent OR Patient, Predicate OR Result OR Theme

do( e2 ,

Definition:
Actor in an event who initiates and carries out the event intentionally or consciously, and who exists independently of the event.
Example:
THEY decided to go.

Agent )

Definition:
An animate Patient is alive at the beginning or end of the event.
Arguments:
start(E) OR result(E), Patient

¬ alive( e3 ,

Definition:
An Undergoer in an event that is usually structurally changed, for instance by experiencing a change of state or condition; is often acted upon by an agent; is causally involved or directly affected by other participants; and exists independently of the event.
Example:
Brutus murdered JULIUS CAESAR.

Patient )

Definition:
An Affector (Agent, Cause, Stimulus, or Precondition) causes an event.
Arguments:
Affector, E

cause( e2 , e3 )

FORCE DYNAMICS:

Volitional COS FD representation

EXAMPLE:

Caesar killed Brutus with a knife.
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SYNTAX:

Definition:
Actor in an event who initiates and carries out the event intentionally or consciously, and who exists independently of the event.
Example:
THEY decided to go.

Agent VERB

Definition:
An Undergoer in an event that is usually structurally changed, for instance by experiencing a change of state or condition; is often acted upon by an agent; is causally involved or directly affected by other participants; and exists independently of the event.
Example:
Brutus murdered JULIUS CAESAR.

Patient

Selectional Restrictions:
None

{ with }

Definition:
Undergoer in an event that is manipulated by an agent, and with which an intentional act is performed; it exists independently of the event. For all roles containing symmetrical participants, we assume that the ordering is non-arbitrary and may be pragmatically determined and/or related to figure-ground considerations; however, the usefulness of this distinction may be application-specific.
Example:
Jennifer baked the potatoes IN THE OVEN.

Instrument

SEMANTICS:

Definition:
An animate Patient is alive at the beginning or end of the event.
Arguments:
start(E) OR result(E), Patient

alive( e1 ,

Definition:
An Undergoer in an event that is usually structurally changed, for instance by experiencing a change of state or condition; is often acted upon by an agent; is causally involved or directly affected by other participants; and exists independently of the event.
Example:
Brutus murdered JULIUS CAESAR.

Patient )

Definition:
A participant engages in an action.
Arguments:
during(E), Agent OR Patient, Predicate OR Result OR Theme

do( e2 ,

Definition:
Actor in an event who initiates and carries out the event intentionally or consciously, and who exists independently of the event.
Example:
THEY decided to go.

Agent )

Definition:
An Agent uses a Theme or Instrument
Arguments:
during(E), Agent, Instrument OR Theme, (Predicate)

utilize( e2 ,

Definition:
Actor in an event who initiates and carries out the event intentionally or consciously, and who exists independently of the event.
Example:
THEY decided to go.

Agent ,

Definition:
Undergoer in an event that is manipulated by an agent, and with which an intentional act is performed; it exists independently of the event. For all roles containing symmetrical participants, we assume that the ordering is non-arbitrary and may be pragmatically determined and/or related to figure-ground considerations; however, the usefulness of this distinction may be application-specific.
Example:
Jennifer baked the potatoes IN THE OVEN.

Instrument )

Definition:
An animate Patient is alive at the beginning or end of the event.
Arguments:
start(E) OR result(E), Patient

¬ alive( e3 ,

Definition:
An Undergoer in an event that is usually structurally changed, for instance by experiencing a change of state or condition; is often acted upon by an agent; is causally involved or directly affected by other participants; and exists independently of the event.
Example:
Brutus murdered JULIUS CAESAR.

Patient )

Definition:
An Affector (Agent, Cause, Stimulus, or Precondition) causes an event.
Arguments:
Affector, E

cause( e2 , e3 )

FORCE DYNAMICS:

Instrument COS FD representation