A man tries to take a stick away from a brown dog.
The man tried to get the dog to play catch.
A man who is taking a stick from a dog is not necessarily trying to play catch.
exists e1 p1 x1.(Topic(e1,p1) & Actor(e1,x1) & v_try(e1) & exists e2 s1 x2 x3.(from(e2,x3) & n_dog(x3) & a_brown(s1) & Theme(s1,x3) & r_away(e2) & Theme(e2,x2) & Actor(e2,x1) & v_take(e2) & n_stick(x2)) & n_man(x1))
exists e1 p1 x1 x2.(n_dog(x2) & n_man(x1) & Topic(e1,p1) & Actor(e1,x1) & v_try(e1) & exists e2 p2.(Topic(e2,p2) & Recipient(e2,x2) & Actor(e2,x1) & v_get(e2) & exists e3 x3.(Theme(e3,x3) & Actor(e3,x2) & v_play(e3) & n_catch(x3))))