Predicate: call
Frames file for 'call' based on Chris' old frames file; this is
still a mess and inconsistent with most of the other verbs. It will
have to be revised and the tagging redone before the next iteration.
Roleset id: call.01 , label, vncls: 29.3
Roles:
Arg0: caller
Arg1: item being labelled
Arg2: attribute of arg1
Example: with attribute
Mary called John an idiot
Arg0 : Mary
Rel : called
Arg1 : John
Arg2 : an idiot
Example: passivized
The worksheets were called 'Learning Materials'
Arg1 : The worksheets
Rel : called
Arg2 : 'Learning Materials'
Roleset id: call.02 , summon, vncls: 13.5.1
Roles:
Arg0: caller
Arg1: thing being summoned
Arg2: benefactive
Example: without benefactive
The bells called the faithful to evensong
Arg0 : The bells
Rel : called
Arg1 : the faithful
ArgM-DIR : to evensong
Example: with benefactive
John called a doctor for Mary
Arg0 : John
Rel : called
Arg1 : a doctor
Arg2 : for Mary
Example: benefactive with double NP
John called Mary a doctor.
Arg0 : John
Rel : called
Arg2 : Mary
Arg1 : a doctor
Roleset id: call.03 , demand, vncls: 60 37.3
Roles:
Arg0: demander
Arg1: thing being demanded
Arg2: demandee
Example: reelection woes
Gore called for a recount.
Arg0 : Gore
Rel : called
Arg1 : for a recount
Example: without 'for'
Ford called a Jaguar stockholders' meeting.
Arg0 : Ford
Rel : called
Arg1 : a Jaguar stockholders' meeting
Example: Agent, Proposition, and Patient
Vice President Agnew called upon
the western world to stop terrorism.
Arg0 : Vice President Agnew
Rel : called
Arg2 : upon the western world
Arg1 : to stop terrorism
Roleset id: call.07 , say across a distance, vncls: 37.3
Roles:
Arg0: speaker
Arg1: utterance
Arg2: distant listener
Example: it gets worse
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
``You people here think this is Russian music,'' she said with
disdain, and called over to the waitress: ``Could you turn it
off?''
Arg0 : she
Rel : called
Argm-DIR : over
Arg2 : to the waitress
Arg1 : ``Could you turn it off?''
Roleset id: call.10 , predict, vncls: -
Roles:
Arg0: predictor
Arg1: prediction
Example: prognostication
person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
His new forecast calls for a soft landing.
Arg0 : His new forecast
Rel : calls
Arg1 : for a soft landing
Roleset id: call.11 , idiomatic: call the shots, vncls: 60
Roles:
Arg0: entity in charge
Arg1: 'the shots'
Example: I'm in charge!
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
The changes were proposed in an effort to streamline federal
bureaucracy and boost compliance by the executives ``who [*T*-1]
are really calling the shots,'' said Brian Lane, special counsel
at the SEC's office of disclosure policy, which proposed the
changes.
Arg0 : [*T*-1]
ArgM-ADV : who -> the executives
Argm-ADV : really
Rel : calling
Arg1 : the shots
Predicate: call_up
This really is phrasal. Otherwise identical to the 'summon' roleset
Roleset id: call.08 , summon, phrasal 1, vncls: 13.5.1
Roles:
Arg0: caller
Arg1: thing being summoned
Arg2: benefactive
Example: without benefactive
The bells called up the faithful to evensong
Arg0 : The bells
Rel : [called][up]
Arg1 : the faithful
ArgM-DIR : to evensong
Example: with benefactive
John called up a doctor for Mary
Arg0 : John
Rel : [called][up]
Arg1 : a doctor
Arg2 : for Mary
Roleset id: call.09 , call into question, doubt, vncls: -
Roles:
Arg0: doubter
Arg1: thing doubted
Arg2: fixed: 'into question'
Example: is that so?
person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
EC Agriculture Commissioner Ray MacSharry said the U.S. plan
``calls into question'' the agreement reached by world
negotiators last April in Geneva seeking ``substantial
progressive reductions in agricultural support and protection.''
Arg0 : the U.S. plan
Rel : calls
Arg2 : into question
Arg1 : the agreement reached by world
negotiators last April in Geneva seeking ``substantial
progressive reductions in agricultural support and protection.''
Predicate: call_in
This is phrasal, otherwise identical to 'summon' roleset.
Roleset id: call.04 , summon, phrasal 2, vncls: 13.5.1
Roles:
Arg0: caller
Arg1: thing being summoned
Arg2: benefactive
Example: with benefactive
John called in a doctor for Mary
Arg0 : John
Rel : called in
Arg1 : a doctor
Arg2 : for Mary
Predicate: call_on
Roleset id: call.05 , visit, make use of, vncls: -
Roles:
Arg0: caller
Arg1: thing being visited, used
Arg2: purpose, attribute of arg1
Example: with benefactive
John called on a doctor.
Arg0 : John
Rel : called on
Arg1 : a doctor
Example: with secondary predication
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Rep. Neal's bill originally called on the Fed [*-1] to reduce the
inflation rate by one percentage point a year for five years and
to maintain a zero inflation rate thereafter.
Arg0 : Rep. Neal's bill
Argm-TMP : originally
Rel : called on
Arg1 : the Fed
Arg2 : [*-1] to reduce the
inflation rate by one percentage point a year for five years and
to maintain a zero inflation rate thereafter.
Predicate: call_off
Roleset id: call.06 , terminate before hand, vncls: 60
Roles:
Arg0: the Terminator
Arg1: the Terminated
Example: call off talks
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Boeing Co., already struck by its Machinists union, briefly
called off contract talks with its engineers and labeled their
demands ``grossly excessive.''
Arg0 : Boeing Co., already struck by its Machinists union
Argm-TMP : briefly
Rel : [called] [off]
Arg1 : contract talks with its engineers