Frameset

Predicate sign:

Frames file for 'sign' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus, comparison with 'write' and 'agree', and reference to verbnet image_impression-25.1

Roleset sign.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "affix a signature":

Roles:

Arg0:signer

Arg1:document

Arg2:signature

Examples:

historical (-)
`John's great-uncle Fred signed the Declaration of Independence--unfortunately, in 1924.`
Arg0:	John's great-uncle Fred
REL:	signed
Arg1:	the Declaration of Independence
Argm-ADV:	unfortunately, in 1924

with explicit signature (-)
One writer signed his letter as "Red blooded, balanced male".

Arg0: One writer

REL: signed

Arg1: his letter

Arg2-as: "Red blooded, balanced male"

with explicit signature (-)
`One writer signed his letter as "Red blooded, balanced male".`
Arg0:	One writer
REL:	signed
Arg1:	his letter
Arg2-as:	"Red blooded, balanced male"

Roleset sign.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "enter into an agreement":

Roles:

Arg0:signer, agreer

Arg1:agreement

Arg2:co-signer

Examples:

agreement (-)
`First Constitution has signed a merger agreement with WFRR LP and GHKM Corp.`
Arg0:	First Constitution
REL:	signed
Arg1:	a merger agreement
Arg2-with:	WFRR LP and GHKM Corp.

no co-signer (-)
An ultimatum: *trace* either sign new long-term commitments to buy future episodes, or don't.

Arg0: *trace*

REL: sign

Arg1: new long-term commitments to buy future episodes

no co-signer (-)
`An ultimatum: trace either sign new long-term commitments to buy future episodes, or don't.`
Arg0:	trace
REL:	sign
Arg1:	new long-term commitments to buy future episodes

These two senses would be easy to merge, since the assumption is that any agreement is based upon a signature on a piece of paper.
The logic here is that John is the cosigner of an agreement, under which he will play with the Mudville Giants. Maybe it makes sense, maybe it doesn't. Maybe it will occur, maybe it won't.
sign to (-)
John was signed to the Mudville Giants.

Arg2: John

REL: signed

Arg1-to: the Mudville Giants

sign to (-)
`John was signed to the Mudville Giants.`
Arg2:	John
REL:	signed
Arg1-to:	the Mudville Giants

Predicate sign_up:

Roleset sign.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "sign up: enroll, enter":

Roles:

Arg0:signer, enroller

Arg1:patient enrolled

Arg2:co-signer

Arg3:signed up for

Examples:

non-agentive (-)
`Only four securtities firms have signed up with the Bog Board to buy and sell ESPs as market makers.`
Arg1:	Only four secrurities firms
REL:	signed up
Arg2-with:	the Big Board
Arg3:	to buy and sell ESPs as market makers

agentive (-)
Whittle said its field staff signed up the 500 schools in 238 school districts.

Arg0: its field staff

REL: signed up

Arg1: the 500 schools in 238 school districts

agentive (-)
`Whittle said its field staff signed up the 500 schools in 238 school districts.`
Arg0:	its field staff
REL:	signed up
Arg1:	the 500 schools in 238 school districts

Predicate sign_on:

Roleset sign.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "sign on: become associated with":

Roles:

Arg0:signer

Arg1:entity associated with

Examples:

past

active

full

unnamed arg1 (-)
`Mr. Lorenzo, 49 years old, is reclaiming the job that was his before Mr. Corr signed on.`
Arg0:	Mr. Corr
REL:	signed on

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: gerund
with arg1 (-)

If it finds one of those passwords, Mr. Alexander said, the worm will do such things as change users' passwords to a series of random numbers, preventing them from [*] signing on to the network.

Arg0: [*] -> them

REL: signing on

Arg1-to: the network

with arg1 (-)
`If it finds one of those passwords, Mr. Alexander said, the worm will do such things as change users' passwords to a series of random numbers, preventing them from [*] signing on to the network.`
Arg0:	[*] -> them
REL:	signing on
Arg1-to:	the network