Predicate: march
Frames file for 'march' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
corpus.
Roleset id: march.01 , to walk steadily, vncls: 51.3.2
Roles:
ArgA: causer
Arg0: agent walking
Example: with direction
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
As the judge marched down the center aisle in his flowing black robe , he was heralded [*-128] by a trumpet fanfare .
Arg0 : the judge
Rel : marched
ArgM-DIR : down the center aisle
ArgM-MNR : in his flowing black robe
Example: with ArgA
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Colleagues today recall with some humor how meetings would crawl into the early morning hours [*T*-1] as Mr. Dinkins would march his staff out of board meetings and into his private office [*-2] to discuss , en masse , certain controversial proposals .
ArgA : Mr. Dinkins
ArgM-MOD : would
Rel : march
Arg0 : his staff
ArgM-DIR : out of board meetings and into his private office
ArgM-PNC : [*-2] to discuss , en masse , certain controversial proposals
Example: intransitive
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
About 200,000 East Germans marched in Leipzig and thousands more staged protests in three other cities in a fresh challenge [*ICH*-1] to the Communist leadership [*] to introduce democratic freedoms .
Arg0 : About 200,000 East Germans
Rel : marched
ArgM-LOC : in Leipzig
Roleset id: march.02 , to progress, advance, vncls: 51.3.2
Roles:
Arg1: entity progressing
Example: with direction
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
It was as short as 29 days at the start of this year , when rates were marching steadily upward [*T*-1] , and hit 42 days in August .
Arg1 : rates
Rel : marching
ArgM-MNR : steadily
ArgM-DIR : upward
ArgM-TMP : [*T*-1]
ArgM-RCL : when -> this year