bow
bow.01 - bend at waist (or neck), possibly in deference
BOW-V NOTES: The metaphorical usage could be referred to as "defer to". Corresponds to VN classes acquiesce-95, curtsey-40.3.3. (from bow.01-v)BOW-N NOTES: Roleset based on instances in BOLT P01. Comparison to verb entry bow.01, which maps to VN classes 40.3.3 and 95; no relevant FN entry. (from bow.01-n)
Aliases:
bow (v.)
bow (n.)
bow (n.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: bower
ARG1-GOL: bowed to
ARG2-PPT: body part bowed
ARG1-GOL: bowed to
ARG2-PPT: body part bowed
bow-v: made up
JohnARG0
bowedrel
to the King of SpainARG1
.bow-v: metaphorical
JohnARG0
bowedrel
to the superior experience of his motherARG1
.bow-v
ThenARGM-TMP
heARG0
bowedrel
his headARG2
and died .bow-n: All arguments
First , Obama 's a tall man ... of course
hisARG0
bowrel
to a relatively very short manARG1
is bound to be somewhat awkward .bow.02 - bend, bending as a spatial configuration
BOW-V NOTES: This seems to the same roleset, and is closely related, but the word is pronounced differently--[boh] rather than [bau]. (from bow.02-v)BOW-N NOTES: Roleset based on verb entry bow.02, which maps to VN classes 47.3, 47.6, 50. (from bow.02-n)
Aliases:
bow (v.)
bow (n.)
bow (n.)
Roles:
ARG1-PPT: thing bending
bend
I saw
a steel beamARG1
bowrel
six feet from where I was sittingARGM-LOC
.bow.03 - fail
BOW-V NOTES: This sentence makes no sense to me. No corresponding VN class. (from bow.03-v)Aliases:
bow (v.)
Roles:
ARG1-PPT: thing failing
bow-v
Eighteen months agoARGM-TMP
a disposable seven - day modelARG1
bowedrel
.bow_down
bow_down.04 - bend at waist, more emphatically
BOW_DOWN-V NOTES: No corresponding VN class for verb particle construction. (from bow.04-v)Aliases:
bow_down (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: bower
ARG1-GOL: bowed to
ARG1-GOL: bowed to
bow_down-v: worship
The Bible forbids
usARG0
to bowrel
downrel
to graven imagesARG1
.