Frameset

Predicate turn:

Frames file for 'turn' based on Chris' old frames file and comparison to initial sentences of big corpus. Many, many made-up examples.

Roleset turn.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "rotation":

Roles:

Arg0:turner

Arg1:thing turning

Argm:direction, location

Examples:

transitive agentive (-)
`John turned the key in the lock.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	turned
Arg1:	the key
Argm-LOC:	in the lock

ergative (-)
The focus turned to other fixed-income markets.

Arg1: The focus

REL: turned

Argm-DIR: to other fixed-income markets

ergative (-)
`The focus turned to other fixed-income markets.`
Arg1:	The focus
REL:	turned
Argm-DIR:	to other fixed-income markets

non-obvious direction (-)
The reforms turned the economy around.

Arg0: The reforms

REL: turned

Arg1: the economy

Argm-DIR: around

non-obvious direction (-)
`The reforms turned the economy around.`
Arg0:	The reforms
REL:	turned
Arg1:	the economy
Argm-DIR:	around

Roleset turn.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "transformation":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of transformation

Arg1:thing changing

Arg2:end state

Arg3:start state

Examples:

transitive (-)
`The plan turned state companies private.`
Arg0:	The plan
REL:	turned
Arg1:	state companies
Arg2:	private

with source/start state (-)
John turned Mary from a reactionary to an activist.

Arg0: John

REL: turned

Arg1: Mary

Arg3-from: a reactionary

Arg2-to: an activist

with source/start state (-)
`John turned Mary from a reactionary to an activist.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	turned
Arg1:	Mary
Arg3-from:	a reactionary
Arg2-to:	an activist

ergative (-)
John turned into an activist.

Arg1: John

REL: turned

Arg2-into: an activist

ergative (-)
`John turned into an activist.`
Arg1:	John
REL:	turned
Arg2-into:	an activist

turn down, as direction (-)
John turned down the heat.

Arg0: John

REL: turned

Argm-DIR: down

Arg1: the heat

turn down, as direction (-)
`John turned down the heat.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	turned
Argm-DIR:	down
Arg1:	the heat

Roleset turn.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "idiomatic: turn thumbs down on = reject":

Roles:

Arg0:rejecter

Arg1:thumbs

Arg2:thing rejected

Examples:

this really does occur (-)
`The voters turned thumbs down on the proposed bill.`
Arg0:	The voters
REL:	turned
Arg1:	thumbs
Argm-DIR:	down
Arg2-on:	the proposed bill

Roleset turn.14 Verbnet Class: NONE "depend, hang":

Roles:

Arg0:depender

Arg1:depended on

Examples:

third

present

active

full

as the world turns? (-)
Instead, it turns on the disputed and elusive facts of ``who did what to whom.''
Argm-DIS:	Instead
Arg0:	it
REL:	turns
Arg1-on:	the disputed and elusive facts of ``who did what to whom

Roleset turn.16 Verbnet Class: NONE "produce, nonphrasal":

Roles:

Arg0:producer

Arg1:us. 'profit'

Examples:

active

full

turn a prophet? (-)
`Why should they have to co-exist with opportunists rushing in trace to turn a quick profit?`
Arg0:	trace -> opportunists
REL:	turn
Arg1:	a quick profit

Predicate turn_away:

Similar to the "rotation" roleset for "turn" above

Roleset turn.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "reject":

Roles:

Arg0:turner

Arg1:thing turned away

Arg2:turned-away-from

Examples:

transitive (-)
`John turned all applicants away.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	turned_away
Arg1:	all applicants

ergative (-)
John turned away from the stock market in disgust.

Arg1: John

REL: turned away

Arg2-from: the stock market

Argm-MNR: in disgust

ergative (-)
`John turned away from the stock market in disgust.`
Arg1:	John
REL:	turned away
Arg2-from:	the stock market
Argm-MNR:	in disgust

Predicate turn_down:

Similar to "rotation" roleset and also "turn away"

Roleset turn.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "reject":

Roles:

Arg0:rejecter

Arg1:thing rejected

Examples:

transitive (-)
`Separately, the Federal Energy Regulation Commission turned down for now a request by Northeast seeking approval of its possible purchase of PS of New Hampshire.`
Argm-DIS:	Separately
Arg0:	the Federal Energy Regulation Commission
REL:	turned down
Argm-TMP:	for now
Arg1:	a request by Northeast seeking approval of its possible purchase of PS of New Hampshire

Compare this to the literal (non-phrasal) "turn down" (turn.01): John turned down the covers on the bed. In this case, "down" is the ArgM-DIR. "Turn down" also occurs in the "transformation" roleset (turn.02) of the non-phrasal "turn": John turned the heat down.

Predicate turn_in:

Essentially the same as "give"

Roleset turn.06 Verbnet Class: NONE "give":

Roles:

Arg0:giver

Arg1:thing given

Arg2:entity given to

Examples:

transitive (-)
`John turned the test in to his teacher.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	turned_in
Arg1:	the test
Arg2-to:	his teacher

Predicate turn_on:

Roleset turn.13 Verbnet Class: NONE "cause to be on":

Roles:

Arg0:cause of on-ness

Arg1:lamp, etc

Examples:

third

present

active

full

tune in, turn on, drop out (-)
`But the genes were accompanied by a piece of DNA, called a promoter, that [T-2] turns the genes on.`
Arg0:	[T-2] -> that -> a piece of DNA
REL:	turns on
Arg1:	the genes

Predicate turn_off:

Roleset turn.07 Verbnet Class: NONE "cause to be off":

Roles:

Arg0:turner off

Arg1:thing which becomes off

Examples:

transitive (-)
`John turned the lights off.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	turned_off
Arg1:	the lights

Roleset turn.08 Verbnet Class: NONE "cause to reject":

Roles:

Arg0:causer

Arg1:rejecter

Arg2:thing rejected

Examples:

transitive (-)
`John turned Mary off on hot dogs.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	turned_off
Arg1:	Mary
Arg2-on:	hot dogs

Predicate turn_out:

Roleset turn.09 Verbnet Class: NONE "cause to be off":

Roles:

Arg0:turner out

Arg1:thing turned out

Examples:

transitive (-)
`John turned out the lights.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	turned_out
Arg1:	the lights

Roleset turn.10 Verbnet Class: NONE "produce, create":

Roles:

Arg0:creator

Arg1:creation

Arg2:created-from, thing changed

Arg3:benefactive

Examples:

transitive (-)
`This factory turns out hundreds of mountain bikes every day.`
Arg0:	This factory
REL:	turns out
Arg1:	hundreds of mountain bikes
Argm-TMP:	every day

The higher-numbered args (2 & 3) may or may not occur; here they are just in case.

Roleset turn.11 Verbnet Class: NONE "seem":

Roles:

Arg1:thing seeming

Arg2:attribute

Examples:

As with "seem", ignore the meaningless "it", and as with all verbs-of-saying, ignore the complementizer "that".

sentential arg (-)
`It turns out that John never reads the frames files.`
REL:	turns out
Arg1:	John never reads the frames files

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full
Sorry about the example.
split sentential arg (-)

(In last week's rape case, for example, the girl turns out *trace* to have been a victim of incest.)

Argm-LOC: In last weeks' rape case

Argm-DIS: for example

Arg1: [the girl] [*trace* to have been a victim of incest]

REL: [turns] [out]

split sentential arg (-)
`(In last week's rape case, for example, the girl turns out trace to have been a victim of incest.)`
Argm-LOC:	In last weeks' rape case
Argm-DIS:	for example
Arg1:	[the girl] [trace to have been a victim of incest]
REL:	[turns] [out]

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full
with attribute (-)

But in the end, everything turns out for the best, in the film makers' warped view.

Argm-DIS: But

Argm-TMP: in the end

Arg1: everything

REL: turns out

Arg2-for: the best

Argm-LOC: in the film makers' warped view

with attribute (-)
`But in the end, everything turns out for the best, in the film makers' warped view.`
Argm-DIS:	But
Argm-TMP:	in the end
Arg1:	everything
REL:	turns out
Arg2-for:	the best
Argm-LOC:	in the film makers' warped view

Roleset turn.17 Verbnet Class: NONE "turn out: appear, show up":

Roles:

Arg1:those appearing

Examples:

past

active

full

glitterati (-)
`Among the glitterati who [T-1] turned out in bipartisan black-tie force [-3] to benefit the Coelho Epilepsy Fund last month were [T*-2] Sen. Robert Dole, Rep. Newt Gingrich, and other kingpins of Congress.`
Arg1:	[T-1] -> who -> the glitterati
REL:	turned out
Argm-MNR:	in bipartisan black-tie force
Argm-PNC:	[*-3] to benefit the Coelho Epilepsy Fund
Argm-TMP:	last month

Predicate turn_over:

Different from the directional "turn over" as in "John turned the rock over to see all the bugs underneath." (turn.01)

Roleset turn.12 Verbnet Class: NONE "submit, give, exchange":

Roles:

Arg0:giver

Arg1:thing given

Arg2:entity given to

Arg3:in-exhange-for

Examples:

transitive (-)
`John turned all the evidence over to the FBI.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	turned_over
Arg1:	all the evidence
Arg2-to:	the FBI

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: full
as exchange (-)

Such is his reputation among the East Bay Bashers that when he hit his first career home run last season, the fan who caught it agreed *trace* to turn the ball over to him in return for an autograph.

Arg0: *trace* -> the fan who caught it

REL: turn over

Arg1: the ball

Arg2-to: him

Arg3-in: exchange for an autograph

as exchange (-)
`Such is his reputation among the East Bay Bashers that when he hit his first career home run last season, the fan who caught it agreed trace to turn the ball over to him in return for an autograph.`
Arg0:	trace -> the fan who caught it
REL:	turn over
Arg1:	the ball
Arg2-to:	him
Arg3-in:	exchange for an autograph

Adding the arg3 to this makes sentences really awkward--only sports writers would use it.

Predicate turn_up:

Roleset turn.15 Verbnet Class: NONE "(cause to) appear":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, causer of appearance

Arg1:thing appearing

Examples:

future

active

full

poof! (-)
`You never know where she'll turn up.`
Arg1:	she
Argm-MOD:	'll
REL:	turn up

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
I said, 'poof'! (-)

Though details were sketchy in the aftermath of the violent earthquake that shook the high-tech corridor along with the rest of the San Franciso Bay area, a spot check of computer makers turned up little, if any, potentially lingering damage to facilities or fabrication equipment.

Argm-AV: Though details were sketchy in the aftermath of the violent earthquake that shook the high-tech corridor along with the rest of the San Francisco area

Arg0: a spot check of computer makers

REL: turned up

Arg1: little, if any, potentially lingering damage to facilities or fabrication equipment

I said, 'poof'! (-)
`Though details were sketchy in the aftermath of the violent earthquake that shook the high-tech corridor along with the rest of the San Franciso Bay area, a spot check of computer makers turned up little, if any, potentially lingering damage to facilities or fabrication equipment.`
Argm-AV:	Though details were sketchy in the aftermath of the violent earthquake that shook the high-tech corridor along with the rest of the San Francisco area
Arg0:	a spot check of computer makers
REL:	turned up
Arg1:	little, if any, potentially lingering damage to facilities or fabrication equipment