Predicate: amaze
Roleset id: amaze.01 , cause astonishment, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
amaze.01: AMAZE-V NOTES: Member of Vncls amuse-31.1. cf frustrate. (from amaze.01-v) AMAZING-J NOTES: Roleset based on instances in BOLT P01, parts 2,3, amaze-v.01. Framed by Claire. Member of Vncls amuse-31.1. cf frustrate. (from amazing.01-j) AMAZED-J NOTES: Roleset based on instances in BOLT P01, parts 2,3, amaze-v.01. Framed by Claire. Member of Vncls amuse-31.1. cf frustrate. (from amazed.01-j)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
amazing (j.) | Experiencer_obj | |
amaze (v.) | Experiencer_obj | |
amazed (j.) | Experiencer_obj | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: causer of amazement (vnrole: 31.1-stimulus)
        Arg1-PPT: amazed entity (vnrole: 31.1-experiencer)
Example: nice easy transitive
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: infinitive
        Then [the Gutfreunds]-1 determined to put up a 22-foot Christmas tree, weighing a quarter of a ton, *trace*-1 to amaze their holiday guests.
        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: amaze
        Arg1: their holiday guests
Example: it-cleft
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: infinitive
        It never ceases *trace*-2 to amaze me [how the business world continues to trivialize the world's environmental problems]-2 (``Is Science, or Private Gain, Driving Ozone Policy?'' by George Melloan, Business World, Oct. 24).
        Arg0: *trace*-2
        Rel: amaze
        Arg1: me
Example: predicative agent?
        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle
        As a Channel Islander, I-1 was amazed *trace*-1 to see my birthplace listed as one of ``86 countries with an income tax.''
        Argm-prd: As a Channel Islander
        Rel: amazed
        Arg1: *trace*-1 (= I)
        Arg0: to see my birthplace listed as one of ``86 countries with an income tax
Example: ARG1 and ARG0
        The foreigners [ non-ethnic Chinese ] present were amazed in particular by the mass dragon dance that members of the Association performed .
        Arg1: The foreigners [ non-ethnic Chinese ] present
        Rel: amazed
        Argm-adv: in particular
        Arg0: by the mass dragon dance that members of the Association performed
Example: Arg0 only
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: infinitive
        This is amazing , the student government in my university -LRB- I m British -RRB- basically has control over things that you simply WOULD NT change .
        Arg0: This
        Rel: amazing
Example: Extraposed subject
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: infinitive
        She was amazing to watch.
        Arg0: [She] , [to watch]
        Rel: amazing
Example: With amazed entity
        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle
        The swallow holes story was amazing to our son.
        Arg0: The swallow holes story
        Rel: amazing
        Arg1: to our son
Example: It extraposition
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        It was amazing to watch her.
        Rel: amazing
        Arg0: to watch her
Example: It EXP
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: infinitive
        Count me in as another person who-1 *T*-1 is simply amazed that there is a student union out there with any sort of power at all .
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Rel: amazed
        Arg0: that there is a student union out there with any sort of power at all .