Predicate
straighten:
Frames file for 'straighten' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet
entry 45.4.
Roleset straighten.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "make straight":
Roles:
Arg0:cause of straightness, agent
Arg1:thing becoming straight
Arg2:instrument, when separate from arg0
Examples:
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right idea, wrong instrument (-) |
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person: ns
tense: past
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
John straightened his hair with a 16-ton hydraulic press.
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| Arg0: | John |
| REL: | straightened |
| Arg1: | his hair |
| Arg2-with: | a 16-ton hydraulic press |
Predicate
straighten_out:
Roleset straighten.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "make right":
Roles:
Arg0:cause of rightness, agent
Arg1:wrong to right
Examples:
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yeah, no kidding (-) |
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person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: ns
form: infinitive
``I got *trace* to get back to school and straighten out my
English.''
|
| Arg0: | *trace* -> I |
| REL: | [ straighten] [ out] |
| Arg1: | my English |
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icky ergative (-) |
|---|
person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: ns
form: infinitive
The market seems *trace* to be straightening out; we're taking a
wait-and-see attitude,'' says Cathleen B. Stewart, executive vice
president of marketing.
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| Arg1: | *trace* -> The market |
| REL: | [ straightening] [ out] |