Frameset

Predicate fly:

Frames file for 'fly' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No access to verbnet. Comparison with other verbs of (impelled) motion.

Roleset fly.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "fly through the air, travel via air":

Roles:

Arg0:causal agent

Arg1:thing actually doing the flying

Arg2:benefactive

Examples:

unaccusative, traveller as subject (-)
`And some investors fault Mr. Spiegel's life style; he earns millions of dollars a year and flies around in Columbia's jet planes.`
Arg1:	he
REL:	flies
ArgM-DIR:	around
ArgM-LOC:	in Columbia's jet planes

transitive, pilot as subject (-)
As a ``good-will measure,'' the pilots had been working four extra hours a month and had agreed *trace* to fly UAL's two new Boeing 747-400 aircraft.

Arg0: *trace* -> the pilots

REL: fly

Arg1: UAL's two new Boeing 747-400 aircraft

transitive, pilot as subject (-)
As a ``good-will measure,'' the pilots had been working four extra hours a month and had agreed trace to fly UAL's two new Boeing 747-400 aircraft.
Arg0:	trace -> the pilots
REL:	fly
Arg1:	UAL's two new Boeing 747-400 aircraft

intransitive, pilot as subject (-)
Pilots, as well, routinely fly overtime to ensure that none are furloughed during seasonal lows.

Arg0: Pilots

ArgM-DIS: as well

REL: fly

ArgM-MNR: overtime

ArgM-PNC: to ensure that none are furloughed during seasonal lows

intransitive, pilot as subject (-)
`Pilots, as well, routinely fly overtime to ensure that none are furloughed during seasonal lows.`
Arg0:	Pilots
ArgM-DIS:	as well
REL:	fly
ArgM-MNR:	overtime
ArgM-PNC:	to ensure that none are furloughed during seasonal lows

This is a hard one; it can be very difficult to determine if a subject is a pilot or a traveller. When in doubt, go with traveller.