Predicate: knit
Frames file for 'knit' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entries
40.3.2, 26.1.
Roleset id: knit.01 , create by knotting yarn together, vncls: 26.1
Roles:
Arg0: builder
Arg1: construction
Arg2: material, start state
Arg4: end state or attribute of arg1
Example: with end state, sorta
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
The flow of Japanese funds has set in motion ``a process whereby
[these economies]-1 will be knitted *trace*-1 together by the great
Japanese investment machine,'' says Robert Hormats, vice chairman
of Goldman Sachs International Corp.
ArgM-MOD : will
Rel : knitted
Arg1 : *trace*
Arg4 : together
Arg0 : by the great Japanese investment machine
ArgM-MNR : *trace*
ArgM-RCL : whereby -> a process
Example: just transitive
person: third, tense: present, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
With one she is pregnant, with Major Battle she is knitting an
American flag, and as the vice president's wife she rushes in with
white hair, wearing a tailored suit and pearls, imitating Barbara
Bush's gestures down to the last detail.
ArgM-ADV : with Major Battle
Arg0 : she
Rel : knitting
Arg1 : an American flag
Example: with material
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
John knit a sweater out the hair he lost in the shower each morning.
Arg0 : John
Rel : knit
Arg1 : a sweater
Arg2 : out of the hair he lost in the shower each morning
Roleset id: knit.02 , bones mending a break, vncls: 40.3.2
Roles:
Arg1: bones
Example: ouch
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: infinitive
[John's armbones]-1 took only a week *trace*-1 to knit after he fell
from the roof.
Arg1 : *trace*
Rel : knit
Argm-TMP : after he fell from the roof
Roleset id: knit.03 , link or tie, vncls: 26.1
Roles:
Arg0: agent doing the tying
Arg1: patient, thing(s) being tied
Example: knit brows
The township chief knits his brows tightly.
Arg0 : The township chief
Rel : knits
Arg1 : his brows
ArgM-MNR : tightly