Predicate: kill

Frames file for 'kill' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet class murder-42.1-1, no other framed members in that class although parent class includes eliminate.

Roleset id: kill.01 , cause to die, vncls: 42.1-1 42.3

Roles:

        Arg0: killer
        Arg1: corpse
        Arg2: instrument

Example: transitive, no instrument

        ''[*] Kill it,'' he says.

        Arg0 : [*]
        Rel : Kill
        Arg1 : it

Example: variant instrument

        ''Ford-1 probably would try *trace*-1 to kill the proposal by
        enlisting support from U.S. takeover-stock speculators and holding
        out the carrot of a larger bid later, said Stephen Reitman,
        European auto analyst at London brokers UBS Phillips & Drew.

        Arg0 : *trace*
        Rel : kill
        Arg1 : the proposal
        Arg2 : by enlisting support from U.S. takeover-stock speculators and holding out the carrot of a larger bid later

Example: normal instrument

        John killed Mary with a lead pipe, in the conservatory.
       

        Arg0 : John
        Rel : killed
        Arg1 : Mary
        Arg2 : with a lead pipe
        Argm-LOC : in the conservatory


Predicate: kill_off

Roleset id: kill.02 , cause to die, vncls: 42.1-1 42.3

Roles:

        Arg0: killer
        Arg1: corpse
        Arg2: instrument

Example: transitive, no instrument

        Such films have killed off the local movie industry.

        Arg0 : such films
        Rel : [killed][off]
        Arg1 : the local movie industry