Predicate
pound:
Frames file for 'pound' based on sentences in financial subcorpus and
automatic expansion via verbnet.
Roleset pound.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "hit hard and repeatedly":
Roles:
Arg0:agent, hitter
Arg1:thing hit
Arg2:instrument, thing hit by or with
Examples:
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very literal (-) |
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person: ns
tense: present
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
``I don't think most of the people that have been around me would
ever say they've seen me pound the table or get angry.''
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| Arg0: | me |
| REL: | pound |
| Arg1: | the table |
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passivized (-) |
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person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: passive
form: infinitive
The stock of UAL Corp. continued *trace* to be pounded *trace*
amid signs that British Airways may balk at any hasty
reformulation of the aborted $6.79 billion buy-out of United
Airlines' parent.
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| REL: | pounded |
| Arg1: | *trace* -> *trace* -> The stock of UAL Corp. |
| ArgM-LOC: | amid signs that British Airways may balk at
any hasty reformulation of the aborted $6.79 billion buy-out
of United Airlines' parent |
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violence (-) |
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Mary pounded John with a wet noodle.
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| Arg0: | Mary |
| REL: | pounded |
| Arg1: | John |
| Arg2-with: | a wet noodle |
Roleset pound.03 Verbnet Class: 1 "create a substance by pounding":
Roles:
Arg0:creator
Arg1:thing pounded, raw material
Arg2:end product
Examples:
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all args (-) |
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person: ns
tense: past
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
Mary pounded John to a bloody pulp.
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| Arg0: | Mary |
| REL: | pounded |
| Arg1: | John |
| Arg2-to: | a bloody pulp |
This sense is very close to pound.02, and if the end product is
unstated the two cannot be distinguished. Perhaps they should be merged?
Roleset pound.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "move quickly but heavily":
Roles:
Arg0:entity in motion
Arg1:path
Examples:
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pounding the pavement (-) |
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person: ns
tense: past
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
Watson pounded to the crawling man and stopped , [*-1] panting heavily .
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| Arg0: | Watson |
| REL: | pounded |
| Arg1-to: | to the crawling man |
Predicate
pound_out:
Roleset pound.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "extract, produce":
Roles:
Arg0:pounder, extractor
Arg1:thing extracted
Examples:
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production (-) |
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person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: ns
form: full
John can pound out 50 verb frames a week.
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| Arg0: | John |
| Argm-MOD: | can |
| REL: | pound out |
| Arg1: | 50 verb frames |
| Argm-TMP: | a week |
Unlike other 'extract' verbs (classes 10.1, 10.2), 'pound out' does not
seem to take a source argument.