Predicate: back
Frames file for 'back' based on survey of initial sentences of big
corpus and comparison with 'face' and 'support'
Roleset id: back.01 , support, vncls:
Roles:
Arg0: supporter
Arg1: thing being supported
Example: support
...asking [him]-1 *trace*-1 to back a Palestinian bid to joing the committee.
Arg0 : *trace*-1
Rel : back
Arg1 : a Palestinian bid to joing the committee
Example: cease support
The big brokerage firms back out of program trading for their own
accounts or for clients.
Arg0 : The big brokerage firms
Rel : back
Arg1 : out of program trading
Argm-PNC : for their own accounts or for clients.
Example: cease support, with NP
Eastern Airline's creditors committee backed off a move to come up
with its own alternative proposals to the carrier's bankruptcy
reorganization plans.
Arg0 : Eastern Airline's creditors committee
Rel : backed
Arg1 : off a move to come up
with its own alternative proposals to the carrier's bankruptcy
reorganization plans.
Roleset id: back.02 , move backwards, vncls:
Roles:
Arg0: causer of backwards motion
Arg1: entity in motion
Example: retreat
The Soviets might back away from the current conciliatory attitude
Arg1 : The Soviets
Argm-MOD : might
Rel : back
Argm-DIR : away from the current conciliatory attitude
Roleset id: back.03 , face backwards, vncls:
Roles:
Arg0: looker, facer
Arg1: looked at, faced
Example: with PP
John's house backs onto the city dump.
Arg0 : John's house
Rel : backs
Arg1 : onto the city dump
Predicate: back_up
Roleset id: back.04 , back up: support, vncls:
Roles:
Arg0: supporter
Arg1: thing being supported
Example: Reaganomics
[You]-1 should quote Mr. Reagan, the man who believed trees cause air
pollution, *trace*-1 to back up your position that economics is more
important than the Earth.
Arg0 : *trace*-1
Rel : back up
Arg1 : your position that economics is more
important than the Earth.
Roleset id: back.06 , back up: move backwards, vncls:
Roles:
Arg0: causer of backwards motion
Arg1: entity in motion
Example: oops
The garbage truck backed up into John's living room.
Arg1 : The garbage truck
Rel : backed up
Argm-DIR : into John's living room
Example: double oops
John backed the garbage truck up into Mary's living room.
Arg0 : John
Rel : backed up
Arg1 : the garbage truck
Argm-DIR : into Mary's living room
Roleset id: back.08 , back up: face backwards, vncls:
Roles:
Arg0: looker, facer
Arg1: looked at, faced
Example: icky
John's house backs up to the city dump.
Arg0 : John's house
Rel : backs up
Arg1 : to the city dump
Roleset id: back.09 , back up: preserve data, vncls: -
Roles:
Arg0: preserver, agent
Arg1: data
Arg2: permanent storage device
Example: instrumental subject
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: infinitive
Exabyte Corp., a Boulder, Colo., maker of [high-capacity tape
cartridge systems]*-1 used [*] [*-1] to back up computer disk drives,
started OTC trading with the symbol EXBT.
Arg2 : [*-1]
Rel : [back] [up]
Arg1 : computer disk drives
Roleset id: back.10 , back up: traffic, vncls: -
Roles:
Arg1: traffic
Example: Schuylkill expressway
person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The companies block traffic much as highway on-ramps are blocked
when traffic backs up.
Arg1 : traffic
Rel : backs up
Predicate: back_off
Roleset id: back.11 , back off: to retreat from, vncls:
Roles:
Arg0: retreator
Arg1: location or thing retreating from
Example: intransitive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
When his arm came up [*T*-1] I ducked away but it caught me on the side of the neck , [*-2] watering my eyes , and I backed off [*-3] to cough .
Arg0 : I
Rel : [ backed] [ off]
ArgM-PNC : [*-3] to cough