Predicate: corner
Roleset id: corner.01 , have a monopoly on, having a monopoly (watch out for non-events!), Source: , vncls: , framnet:
corner.01: CORNER-V NOTES: That was a surprisingly clunky example. (from corner.01-v) CORNER-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on WN eventive noun lexicon, corner.01. No VNcls. (from corner.01-n)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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| corner (n.) | | |
| corner (v.) | | |
Roles:
If it's a spatial feature, it's NOT an event! Call it .YY! (from corner.01-n)
Arg0-PAG: monopolist
Arg1-PPT: thing monopolized
Example: corner the market
person: third, tense: present, aspect: perfect, voice: active, form: participle
Since then, Intel has cornered a large part of the market with successive generations of 16-bit and 32-bit chips, all of which can run software written for previous models.
ArgM-TMP: Since then
Arg0: Intel
Rel: cornered
Arg1: a large part of the market
ArgM-MNR: with successive generations of 16-bit and 32-bit chips, all of which can run software written for previous models
Example: ARG0 and ARG1
President Hosni Mubarak 's ruling party now controls at least 127 of the 444 parliamentary seats , the Muslim Brotherhood has won six , legal opposition parties control four and other independent candidates have cornered 29 , but these numbers are subject to change as some independent winners pledged their loyalty to President Mubarak 's party .
Arg0: other independent candidates
Rel: cornered
Arg1: 29
Example: NOT EVENTIVE
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Remember in the 80s when the next ice age was around the corner and we were all going to freeze to death ?
Example: both args
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
At harvest time his corner of the market for olive presses paid off because he then rented them out "at any rate which he pleased," making a lot of money and
Arg0: his
Rel: corner
Arg1: of the market for olive presses