Predicate: fasten

Frames file for 'fasten' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 22.3, Framenet entry Attaching, Inchoative attaching, and Closure.

Roleset id: fasten.01 , connect, vncls: 22.3

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of connection, agent
        Arg1: first (or all) thing(s) fastened (together)
        Arg2: additional thing(s), destination
        Arg3: fastener

Example: inchoative separated args

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        Mr. Rahn was pointing out an elephant rumbling through Wall
        Street while conventional wisdom had fastened on the UAL flea.

        Arg1 : conventional wisdom
        Rel : fastened
        Arg2 : on the UAL flea

Example: agentive, merged args

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        John fastened the sheaf of delicate antique papers with 15
        heavy-duty staples.
       

        Arg0 : John
        Rel : fastened
        Arg1 : the sheaf of delicate antique papers
        Arg3 : with 15 heavy-duty staples

Example: fastener as subject

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        15 heavy-duty staples fastened the sheaf of delicate antique papers.
       

        Arg3 : 15 heavy-duty staples
        Rel : fastened
        Arg1 : the sheaf of delicate antique papers