Example
#3:The
crevasse yawned. (most frequent verb
sense inappropriate)
nSyntax:
nfirst tree works
nSemantics:
nall noun senses incompatible w/ v-body
nn-object matches with v-stative
v-body
yawn
|
E
|
n-object
crevasse
v-stative
yawn
|
E
|
n-object
crevasse
Example #3:The crevasse yawned. (Most frequent verb sense inappropriate)
There is only
one sense for crevasse in WordNet, and it belongs to n-object.This doesn’t work as a subject of body
verbs, so the verb sense fails (matching with no subjects and failing to fill
its external role).
There is another
sense of yawn (“be open, gape, yaw”) which does fit with natural objects, and
this sense matches.