Predicate
level:
Frames file for 'level' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
No access to verbnet. No comparison.
Roleset level.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "cause to become level, even":
Roles:
Arg0:cause, agent
Arg1:thing becoming level
Arg2:instrument, if separate from agent
Examples:
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all args (-) |
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John levelled the cup of flour with the bottom of his shoe.
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| Arg0: | John |
| REL: | levelled |
| Arg1: | the cup of flour |
| Arg2-with: | the bottom of his shoe |
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boom (-) |
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person: third
tense: past
aspect: ns
voice: passive
form: participle
In May 1988, an ammonium perchlorate plant in Henderson owned by
an American Pacific Corp. unit was leveled [*-1] by a series of
explosions.
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| Argm-TMP: | In May 1988 |
| REL: | leveled |
| Arg1: | [*-1] -> an ammonium perchlorate plant in
Henderson owned by an American Pacific Corp. unit |
| Arg2-by: | a series of explosions |
Roleset level.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "direct emphatically":
Roles:
Examples:
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take that! (-) |
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person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: infinitive
Warner Communications Inc. and Sony Corp. resumed settlement
talks on their legal battle over Hollywood producers Peter Guber
and Jon Peters, but continued [*-1] to level strong accusations
at each other in legal documents.
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| Arg0: | [*-1] -> Warner Communications Inc. and Sony Corp. |
| REL: | level |
| Arg1: | strong accusations |
| Arg2-at: | each other |
| Argm-LOC: | in legal documents |
Predicate
level_off:
Could be just an intensive of the previous sense, or an unaccusative.
Roleset level.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "level off: become level, even":
Roles:
Arg0:cause, agent
Arg1:thing becoming level
Arg2:instrument, if separate from agent
Examples:
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unaccusative (-) |
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ECONOMIC GROWTH APPEARS *trace* to be leveling off, latest reports
suggest.
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| Arg1: | *trace* -> ECONOMIC GROWTH |
| REL: | [ leveling] [ off] |
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agentive (-) |
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John levelled off the cup of flour with the bottom of his shoe.
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| Arg0: | John |
| REL: | [levelled] [off] |
| Arg1: | the cup of flour |
| Arg2-with: | the bottom of his shoe |