Predicate: fall
Roleset id: fall.01 , move downward, vncls: 45.6 51.1-2
Roles:
Arg1: Logical subject, patient, thing falling
Arg2: EXT, amount fallen
Arg3: start point
Arg4: end point, end state of arg1
ArgM: medium
Example: start and endpoints
Sales fell to $251.2 million from $278.7 million.
Arg1 : Sales
Rel : fell
Arg4 : to $251.2 million
Arg3 : from $278.7 million
Example: all args
Profits fell 10% to $118 million from $130.6 million
Arg1 : Profits
Rel : fell
Arg2 : 10%
Arg4 : to $118 million
Arg3 : from $130.6 million
Example: arg2 as manner
British government bonds fell sharply initially.
Arg1 : British government bonds
Rel : fell
Arg2 : sharply
ArgM-TMP : initialy
Example: temporal, with EXT
The average junk bond fell by 4.2% in October
Arg1 : The average junk bond
Rel : fell
Arg2 : by 4.2%
ArgM-TMP : in October
Example: non financial, fall into
They fell into oblivion after the 1929 crash.
Arg1 : They
Rel : fell
Arg4 : into oblivion
ArgM-TMP : after the 1929 crash
Example: non financial, fall under
Asian countries are falling under Japanese economic hegemony now.
Arg1 : Asian countries
Rel : falling
Arg4 : under Japanese economoc hegemony
ArgM-TMP : now
Example: non financial, with attribute
The bells have fallen silent following a dust-up over church attendance.
Arg1 : The bells
Rel : have fallen
Arg4 : silent
ArgM-TMP : following a dust-up over church attendance
Roleset id: fall.04 , occur, vncls: -
Roles:
Arg1: thing occurring
Arg2: when/where
Example: where they fall
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The increase reflects spending on the S&L rescue as well as
payroll and Social Security checks normally issued in October
that were issued in September this year because Oct. 1 fell on a
Sunday.
Arg1 : Oct. 1
Rel : fell
Arg2 : on a Sunday
Roleset id: fall.05 , be defeated, vncls: -
Roles:
Arg1: loser
Arg2: winner or instrument of destruction
Example: pithy
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: perfect, voice: active, form: participle
The pithiest testimony to their domination of the just-concluded
tournament came from Giants' manager Roger Craig after his team
had fallen in Game Three to a five-home-run barrage that tied a
61-year-old Series record.
Arg1 : his team
Rel : fallen
ArgM-LOC : in Game Three
Arg2 : to a five-home-run barrage that tied a 61-year-old
Series record
Roleset id: fall.07 , become, vncls: -
Roles:
Arg1: Person undergoing change
Arg2: End state
Example: ah, romance!
person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
When, however, Claudio's sister, Isabella, a novitiate in a
convent, goes to Angelo to plead her brother's case, the obdurate
ruler immediately falls in love with her and, in a supreme act of
hypocrisy, demands that Isabella yield up her virtue to him in
exchange for her brother's life.
ArgM-TMP : When, however, Claudio's sister, Isabella,
a novitiate in a convent, goes to Angelo to plead her
brother's case
Arg1 : the obdurate ruler
ArgM-TMP : immediately
Rel : falls
Arg2 : in love
ArgM-MNR : with her
Example: Falling Ill
For [a middle-aged person]-1, * losing one's job is just as traumatic as
a car accident, *-1 falling ill, the death of a spouse, or a child running
away from home.
Arg1 : *-1 --> a middle aged person
Rel : falling
Arg2 : ill
Example: Become a delinquent
We were worried * that they might fall in with the wrong crowd after they
got into junior high.
Arg1 : they
ArgM-MOD : might
Rel : fall
Arg2 : in
ArgM-MNR : with the wrong crowd
ArgM-TMP : after they got into junior high
Predicate: fall_back
Roleset id: fall.08 , fall back, rely on in emergency, vncls: 45.6 51.1-2
Roles:
Arg0: thing falling back
Arg1: thing fallen back on
Example:
person: third, tense: present, aspect: perfect, voice: active, form: participle
World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz has fallen back on his last resort.
Arg0 : World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz
Rel : fallen back
Arg1 : on his last resort
Predicate: fall_off
Roleset id: fall.02 , fall off: stop, almost, vncls: 45.6 51.1-2
Roles:
Arg1: Logical subject, patient, thing falling
Arg2: EXT, amount fallen
Example: ouch
person: third, tense: present, aspect: perfect, voice: active, form: participle
John's productivity has fallen off ever since the beatings stopped.
Arg1 : John's productivity
Rel : fallen off
Argm-TMP : ever since the beatings stopped
Predicate: fall_out
Roleset id: fall.03 , fall out: no longer be on good terms, vncls: -
Roles:
Arg1: parties on bad terms
Example: John's fault, usually
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
John and Mary fell out over who left their socks in the refrigerator.
Arg1 : John and Mary
Rel : fell out
Argm-CAU : over who left their socks in the refrigerator
Example: usually nominal
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
John and Mary had a falling out over who left their socks in the
refrigerator.
Arg1 : John and Mary
Rel : falling out
Argm-CAU : over who left their socks in the refrigerator
Predicate: fall_through
Roleset id: fall.06 , fall through: not come to pass, vncls: -
Roles:
Arg1: non-event
Example: bummer, dude
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The price plummeted after a proposed leveraged buy-out of the
airline fell through.
Arg1 : a proposed leveraged buy-out of the airline
Rel : [ fell] [ through]
Predicate: fall_apart
Roleset id: fall.09 , fall apart: break, separate into peices, vncls: -
Roles:
Arg1: thing in peices
Example: crumble
And if you boil them for longer they do n't come loose and fall apart.
ArgM-ADV : if you boil them for longer
Arg1 : they
Rel : [ fall] [ apart]