| An Agent causes an Impactor to make sudden, forcible contact with an Impactee, or manipulates two (or more) Impactors so that they make mutual forcible contact. | |
| He SLAMMED his fist down on the table and bellowed something unintelligible. | |
| Agent [Agt] Semantic Type Sentient | The Agent causes an impact. | |
| One juggler was HITTING the ceiling with every other ball. | ||
| Cause [Cau] | The Cause marks expressions that indicate some non-intentional, typically non-human, force that causes an Impactor to make sudden, forcible contact with an Impactee. | |
| A violent explosionRATTLED the windows. | ||
| Impactee [Imp2] | The Impactee is the entity which is hit by the Impactor. | |
| What I want to know is who SMACKED my head with a 10-ton truck? | ||
| He SLAMMED the lid down on the top of the jar so hard that it broke. | ||
| Impactor [Imp1] | The Impactor is the entity that hits the Impactee because of the Agent's efforts. | |
| Those hoodlums STRIKE my car with water balloons every day! | ||
| Well, then he just RAN the car right into the wall. | ||
| Impactors [Imps] | The Impactors are the multiple entities that collide. | |
| Mr. Addams likes to COLLIDE toy trains at high speed. | ||
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| Force [Frc] | The Force is the amount of force in the course of the impact. | |
| He SMACKED the bat hard against the wall. | ||
| Instrument [Ins] Semantic Type Physical_entity | This FE identifies the Instrument with which an Agent intentionally affects an Impactee. | |
| Manner [Manr] Semantic Type Manner | The FE Manner identifies the manner in which an Agent intentionally affects a Impactee. | |
| They ` hot-wired " a prison van and repeatedly RAMMED it into a security gate. | ||
| Means [Mns] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | The FE Means identifies the means by which an Agent intentionally affects a Impactee. | |
| Period_of_iterations [P_it] | This FE identifies the Period_of_iterations during which the Agent repeatedly causes impacts. | |
| Place [Place] Semantic Type Locative_relation | Where the event takes place. | |
| Father Shanahan , of Rushey Mead , Leicester , RAMMED his Datsun into another car on the way to the city 's Gilroes cemetery. | ||
| Purpose [Purp] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | The FE Purpose identifies the purpose for which an Agent intentionally affects the Impactee. | |
| Result [Result] | This FE identifies the Result of the impact. | |
| I SLAMMED the door shut. | ||
| Speed [Speed] Semantic Type Speed | This FE indicates the Speed of the Impactor (or Impactors at impact. | |
| The statue was RAMMED into the wall at 30 mph--a bit faster than John could have hurled it. | ||
| Subregion [Sub_l] Semantic Type Locative_relation | Subregion identifies the part of the larger whole which was hit. | |
| The gunman GRAZED him on his left temple. | ||
| She STRUCK him hard across the left cheek with the flat of her hand. | ||
| Time [Time] Semantic Type Time | This FE identifies the Time when the impact occurs. | |
| A postman RAMMED his Fiat Panda into a getaway car after spotting the burglars . | ||
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See Also: Make_noise
Created by infinity on Wed Aug 14 11:51:50 CEST 2002