Predicate: join

Frames file for 'join' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet class mix-22.1-2, other framed members include link.

Roleset id: join.01 , attach, vncls: 22.1-2

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, entity doing the tying
        Arg1: patient, thing(s) being tied
        Arg2: instrument, string

Example: straight transitive

        Mr. Harper, a veteran of several manufacturing companies who
        *trace* joined Campbell in 1986, will take charge of all overseas
        operations as well as Pepperidge.

        Arg0 : *trace*
        ArgM-RCL : who -> a veteran
        Rel : joined
        Arg1 : Campbell
        ArgM-TMP : in 1986

Example: join in, as arg1

        ``Anheuser is the biggest guy in the bar, and he-1 just decided
        *trace*-1 to join in the barroom brawl,'' said Joseph J. Doyle, an
        analyst with Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co.

        Arg0 : *trace*
        Rel : join
        Arg1 : in the barroom brawl

Example: join in, as argM-PRD

        Bowing to criticism, Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer
        joined PaineWebber in suspending stock-index arbitrage trading for
        their own accounts.

        Arg0 : Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer
        Rel : joined
        Arg1 : PaineWebber
        ArgM-PRD : in suspending stock-index arbitrage trading for their own accounts

Example: join as

        In Barry Wright, Mr. Sim sees a situation ``very similar'' to the
        one he faced when he joined Applied as president and chief
        operating officer in 1985.

        Arg0 : he
        Rel : joined
        Arg1 : Applied
        ArgM-PRD : as president and chief operating officer
        ArgM-TMP : in 1985

Example: with instrument

        John joined the fragments of his coffee cup with duct tape.
       

        Arg0 : John
        Rel : joined
        Arg1 : the fragments of his coffee cup
        Arg2 : with duct tape

Roleset id: join.04 , contribute to the news, vncls: 22.1-2

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, person joining
        Arg1: entity joined
        Arg2: news

Example: with news

        Mike Hanna joins us with the latest from Ramallah
       

        Arg0 : Mike Hanna
        Rel : joins
        Arg1 : us
        Arg2 : with the latest from Ramallah


Predicate: join_in

Roleset id: join.05 , join in, vncls: 22.1-2

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, entity joining
        Arg1: group joined

Example:

        Just imagine, 80% of our village, that is, 120 women joined in

        Arg0 : 80% of our village, that is 120 women
        Rel : joined in


Predicate: join_up

Roleset id: join.02 , become a member of, vncls: 22.1-2

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, entity joining
        Arg1: group joined

Example: with instrument

        Tel Hamie acknowledges that if Barak had succeeded in [*PRO*-1] getting
        Sharon to join up in a new government, the Prime Minister would have a
        majority in parliament.

        Arg0 : Sharon
        Rel : [ join ][ up]
        ArgM-LOC : in a new government

Example:

        Soong joined up with a political novice with neither wealth nor
        mobilizing capability.

        Arg0 : Soong
        Rel : [ joined ][ up]
        Arg1 : with a political novice with neither wealth nor mobilizing capability