Predicate: choke

Roleset id: choke.01 , to have or cause to have difficulty in breathing, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

choke.01: CHOKE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'choke' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from choke.01-v predicate notes) CHOKING-N NOTES: choke.01 (from choking.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
choking (n.)
choke (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: causer of choking, agent (vnrole: 40.7-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: entity choked (vnrole: 40.7-theme)
        Arg2-PPT: thing choked on

Example: non-agentive

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        They also chart the evolution of a city that has grown tenfold in the author's lifetime, from a colonial outpost of fez-wearing pashas to a Third World slum choking on its own refuse.

        Arg1: a Third World slum
        Rel: choking
        Arg2: on its own refuse

Example: agentive

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        Why, he used to lay in wait for Cap; suddenly he'd leap from behind some statue of Marshall onto Cap's chest and grab him by the throat and choke him till he coughed up an additional $2 billion or so.

        Argm-tmp: suddenly
        Arg0: he
        Argm-mod: 'd
        Rel: choke
        Arg1: him
        Argm-tmp: till he coughed up an additional $2 billion or so

Example: With agent

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        Her choking Robbie got her expelled.

        Arg0: Her
        Rel: choking
        Arg1: Robbie

Example: Unintentional

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        His choking on a chicken bone necessitated someone perform the Heimlich maneuver on Heinrich.

        Arg1: His
        Rel: choking
        Arg2: on a chicken bone

Roleset id: choke.02 , to fill up completely, jam, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

choke.02: CHOKE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'choke' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from choke.02-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
choke (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: causer of filling, agent (vnrole: 9.8-agent)
        Arg1-GOL: entity choked (vnrole: 9.8-destination)

Example: transitive

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        This is no place for pedestrians, but at 7:30 on a recent morning, when construction choked traffic at the famous Four Corners intersection to one lane [*T*-1], a taxi passenger found it faster to abandon the cab and walk to her destination.

        Arg0: construction
        Rel: choked
        Arg1: traffic at the famous Four Corners intersection
        Argm-prd: to one lane
        Argm-tmp: at 7:30 on a recent morning


Predicate: choke_off

Roleset id: choke_off.03 , to bring to an end, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

choke_off.03: CHOKE_OFF-V NOTES: (from choke.03-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
choke_off (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: causer of end, agent
        Arg1-PPT: entity choked off

Example: transitive

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: infinitive

        Fending off attacks on his economic policies in a House of Commons debate yesterday, Mr. Lawson said inflation ``remains the greatest threat to our economic well-being'' and promised to take ``whatever steps are needed'' [*] to choke it off.

        Arg0: [*]
        Rel: [ choke] [ off]
        Arg1: it


Predicate: choke_up

Roleset id: choke_up.04 , overcome with emotion, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

choke_up.04: CHOKE_UP-V NOTES: (from choke.04-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
choke_up (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: emotion
        Arg1-PPT: experiencer

Example: adjectival

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        Asked to say a few words, he pulls out his crumpled piece of paper and tries to talk, but he's too choked up [0] [*T*-4]to get the words out.

        Arg1: he
        Argm-ext: too
        Rel: choked up