Table 4.

Examples of syntactic annotation (verb class members underlined)

Verb sub-class	Example sentence	Syntactic annotation
1.1.2 Suppress	Amine groups quench the excited fluorophore	NP V NP
1.3.0 Increase/Decrease	Hormonal stimuli decline	NP V
	Antibody levels decline rapidly	NP V ADVP
2.2.2 Cleave	The activated caspases truncate procaspase-3	NP V NP
	The conjugated salts chop the cell membrane into pieces	NP V NP PP
2.3.0 Interact	Both drug classes synergize	NP V
	Estrogen may synergize with nonaromatizable androgens	NP V PP
4.1.1 Wash	Subepithelial mucous gland secretions clean the valvular crypts	NP V NP
4.2.0 Precipitate	Specific antisera coprecipitate IGFBP-5	NP V NP
	VITF-A and the viral capping enzyme copurify to near homogeneity	NP V PP
8.1.2 Chemically combine	Nonfunctional receptors could not dimerize	NP V
	Curcumin can chelate metal ions	NP V NP
	Lomefloxacin can chelate with heavy metals	NP V PP
9.5.0 Decipher	We comprehend	NP V
	We decipher the molecular determinants	NP V NP
10.2.0 Score	We classify these diseases as immunodeficiencies	NP V NP PP
	Clinicians classify the patient correctly	NP V NP ADVP
17.2.2 Downregulate gene expression	HDAC4 and MEF2C downmodulate c-jun promoter activity	NP V NP
	MicroRNAs silence the expression of target genes post-transcriptionally	NP V NP PP ADVP
20.1.3 Repair	Hematopoietic stem cells can reconstitute the bone marrow	NP V NP
	Adult zebra fish regenerate their caudal fin following partial amputation	NP V NP PP