Predicate: cut

Roleset id: cut.01 , slice, injure, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

cut.01: CUT-V NOTES: Based on big corpus and comparison with 'reduce'. VN, FN, Exs updated by Julia. Member of Vncls amuse-31.1, braid-41.2.2, build-26.1-1, cut-21.1-1, hurt-40.8.3-2, meander-47.7, split-23.2. (from former cut-v.01) CUT-N NOTES: Updated by Julia. Member of Vncls amuse-31.1, braid-41.2.2, build-26.1-1, cut-21.1-1, meander-47.7, split-23.2. (from former cut-n.01) CUTTING-N NOTES: Roleset based on cut-v.01. Corresponds to VNcls Vncls amuse-31.1, braid-41.2.2, build-26.1-1, cut-21.1-1, hurt-40.8.3-2, meander-47.7, split-23.2. (from former cutting-n.01)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
cut (v.)Cutting , Intentional_traversing , Change_direction , Cause_harm , Experience_bodily_harm31.1 41.2.2 26.1-1 21.1-1 40.8.3-2 47.7 23.2
cutting (n.)
cut (n.)Cutting , Intentional_traversing , Change_direction , Cause_harm

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: intentional cutter (vnrole: 31.1-stimulus, 41.2.2-agent, 26.1-1-agent, 21.1-1-agent, 40.8.3-2-experiencer, 23.2-agent, 47.7-theme)
        Arg1-PPT: thing cut (vnrole: 31.1-experiencer, 41.2.2-patient, 26.1-1-product, 21.1-1-patient, 40.8.3-2-patient, 23.2-patient)
        Arg2-DIR: medium, source (vnrole: 21.1-1-source, 23.2-co-patient, 26.1-1-material)
        Arg3-MNR: instrument, unintentional cutter (vnrole: 21.1-1-instrument)
        Arg4-GOL: beneficiary (vnrole: 26.1-1-beneficiary)

Example: cut-v: it slices, it dices, it makes julienne fries!

        Trading companies can cut through the logjam that small-company owners often face.

        Arg0: Trading companies
        Argm-mod: can
        Rel: cut
        Arg1: through the logjam that small-company owners often face.

Example: ARG3 and ARG1

        God 's word cuts to the center of our joints and our bones .

        Arg3: God 's word
        Rel: cuts
        Arg1: to the center of our joints and our bones

Example: ARG0 and ARG2 and ARG1 and ARG4

        Shippers cut about $ 35 billion from their annual , inter-city truck and rail costs , to about $ 150 billion , or about 6.4 % of gross national product , down from 8 % of GNP in 1981 .

        Arg0: Shippers
        Rel: cut
        Arg2: about $ 35 billion
        Arg1: from their annual , inter-city truck and rail costs
        Arg4: to about $ 150 billion , or about 6.4 % of gross national product , down from 8 % of GNP in 1981

Example: ARG0 and ARG1

        Before the ban , the Vocational Assistance Commission for Retired Servicemen -LRB- VACRS -RRB- , which manages Chilan , had already cut down almost 6,000 hectares .

        Argm-tmp: Before the ban
        Arg0: the Vocational Assistance Commission for Retired Servicemen -LRB- VACRS -RRB- , which manages Chilan
        Argm-tmp: already
        Rel: cut
        Argm-prd: down
        Arg1: almost 6,000 hectares

Example: ARG0 and ARG1 and ARG3

        He would scream and cut himself with rocks .

        Arg0: He
        Argm-mod: would
        Rel: cut
        Arg1: himself
        Arg3: with rocks

Example: cut-v: inanimate meandering

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

        The river cut through the plains.

        Arg0: the river
        Rel: cuts
        Argm-dir: through the plains

Example: cut-v: animate motion/path

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

        Alternatively you can cut to the right through the trees .

        Argm-dis: Alternatively
        Arg0: you
        Argm-mod: can
        Rel: cut
        Argm-dir: to the right
        Argm-dir: through the trees

Example: cut-n: meandering

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

        The escarpment edge is the river's cut through the terrace.

        Arg1: the river's
        Rel: cut
        Argm-dir: through the terrace

Example: cut-n: with instrument

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

        one cut of the blade

        Rel: cut
        Arg3: of the blade

Example: cut-n: animate motion/path

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

        the point guard should continue his cut through the lane and angle off along the baseline

        Arg0: his
        Rel: cut
        Argm-dir: through the lane

Example: cutting-n

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

        We had a lot of fun reenacting their cutting of the cake

        Arg0: their
        Rel: cutting
        Arg1: of the cake

Roleset id: cut.02 , reduce, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

cut.02: CUT-V NOTES: Updated by Julia. No Vncls. (from former cut-v.02) CUT-N NOTES: Updated by Julia. No Vncls. (from former cut-n.02) CUTTING-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT, cut-v.02. No corresponding VNcls.(from former cutting-n.02)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
cut (v.)Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale
cut (n.)
cutting (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: cutter
        Arg1-PPT: thing reduced
        Arg2-EXT: amount reduced by
        Arg3-DIR: start point
        Arg4-GOL: end point

Example: cut-v: with EXT

        Magna recently cut its quarterly dividend in half.

        Arg0: Magna
        Argm-tmp: recently
        Rel: cut
        Arg1: its quarterly dividend
        Arg2: in half

Example: cut-v: with start and end points

        Goody Products Inc cut its quarterly dividend to five cents a share from 11.5 cents a share.

        Arg0: Goody Products Inc
        Rel: cut
        Arg1: its quarterly dividend
        Arg4: to five cents a share
        Arg3: from 11.5 cents a share

Example: cut-v: but usually with just arg1

        NL and Mr. Simmons cut the price they were proposing for Georgia Gulf.

        Arg0: NL and Mr. Simmons
        Rel: cut
        Arg1: the price they were proposing for Georgia Gulf

Example: cut-n

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

        The cut in the dividend to 10 cents a share semiannually , from20 cents

        Rel: cut
        Arg1: in the dividend
        Arg3: to 10 cents a share semiannually
        Arg4: from 20 cents

Example: cut-n

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

        government funding cuts

        Arg0: government
        Arg1: funding
        Rel: cuts

Example: cut-n

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

        big pay cuts of $ 1.8 billion

        Argm-adj: big
        Arg1: pay
        Rel: cuts
        Arg2: of $ 1.8 billion

Example: cutting-n

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

        This demonstrated the cutting in half of CO2 emitted compared to a regular flight.

        Rel: cutting
        Arg2: in half
        Arg1: of CO2 emitted
        Argm-adj: compared to a regular flight

Roleset id: cut.03 , various idiomatic usages, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

cut.03: CUT-V NOTES: This encompasses a wide range of senses, but they all take basicallythe same PAS. (from former cut-v.03)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
cut (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: cutter
        Arg1-PPT: thing cut (deal, corners, class, etc)

Example: cut-v: ncut class

        It was full of violence and gangs and kids cutting class

        Arg0: kids
        Rel: cutting
        Arg1: class

Example: cut-v: cut it

        Many older athletes wonder if they can still cut it.

        Arg0: they
        Argm-mod: can
        Argm-tmp: still
        Rel: cut
        Arg1: it

Example: cut-v: cut corners

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

        ``Most of us grew up [*-2] believing in the axioms `Haste makes waste' and `[*] Don't cut corners,'...

        Arg0: [*]
        Argm-neg: n't
        Rel: cut
        Arg1: corners

Example: cut-v: cut a deal

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

        In addition, White House aides think that there are numerous other important measures Democrats badly wanted passed -- such as the scaling back of a controversial catastrophic health-care plan for the elderly -- that might provide [the president] -1 leverage in [*] -1 cutting deals with Democrats.

        Arg0: [*]
        Rel: cutting
        Arg1: deals with Democrats


Predicate: cut_off

Roleset id: cut_off.04 , slice off, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

cut_off.04: CUT-V NOTES: (from former cut-v.04) CUTTING-N NOTES: (from cutting-n.03)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
cut_off (v.)
cutting (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: cutter
        Arg1-PPT: thing cut
        Arg2-DIR: medium, source
        Arg3-MNR: instrument
        Arg4-GOL: beneficiary

Example: cut_off-v: detassling

        The seed companies cut off the tassels of each plant.

        Arg0: The seed companies
        Rel: [cut][off]
        Arg1: the tassels of each plant


Predicate: cut_back

Roleset id: cut_back.05 , cut back: reduce, reduction, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

cut_back.05: CUT-V NOTES: (from former cut-v.05) CUTBACK-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT. (from cutback.05-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
cutback (n.)
cut_back (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: cutter
        Arg1-PPT: thing reduced
        Arg2-EXT: amount reduced by
        Arg3-DIR: start point
        Arg4-GOL: end point

Example: ARG0 and ARG1

        Nevertheless , there is no consideration being given to reducing the NT$ 5,000 - 6,000 spent each month on cleaning the tanks , let alone any thought of cutting back on the money spent on fish food or the occasional replacement fish .

        Arg0: []
        Rel: [cutting][back]
        Arg1: on the money spent on fish food or the occasional replacement fish


Predicate: cut_out

Roleset id: cut_out.06 , eliminate, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

cut_out.06: CUT-V NOTES: (from former cut-v.06)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
cut_out (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: eliminator
        Arg1-PPT: thing eliminated
        Arg2-DIR: source

Example: cut_out-v: now cut that out!

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

        The move will cut out the cost of a middleman and give Specialized more control over marketing and sales.

        Arg0: The move
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: cut out
        Arg1: the cos of a middleman

Roleset id: cut_out.09 , arrange, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

cut_out.09: CUT-V NOTES: (from former cut-v.09)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
cut_out (v.)

Roles:

        Arg1-PAG: thing arranged (vnrole: 26.1-1-agent)
        Arg2-GOL: arranged for whom (vnrole: 26.1-1-beneficiary)

Example: cut_out-v: here ya go

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

        As the building's new owner, Chase will have its work cut out for it.

        Arg1: its work
        Rel: cut out
        Arg2: for it


Predicate: cut_loose

Roleset id: cut_loose.07 , cut loose: set or become free, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

cut_loose.07: CUT-V NOTES: (from former cut-v.07)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
cut_loose (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: causer of freedom
        Arg1-PPT: entity undergoing freedom
        Arg2-DIR: source, cause of unfreedom

Example: cut_loose-v: ergative

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

        [Mr. Roman]-1, by contrast, seems [*-1] rarely to cut loose at all, although he did appear at Ogilvy's Halloween party Friday decked out in duck feet and a duck hat, costumed as a ``lame duck.''

        Arg1: [*-1]
        Rel: cut loose
        Argm-dis: at all
        Argm-adv: although he did appear at Ogilvy's Halloween party Friday decked out in duck feet and a duck hat, costumed as a ``lame duck.''


Predicate: cut_up

Roleset id: cut_up.08 , cut completely, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

cut_up.08: CUT-V NOTES: (from former cut-v.08)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
cut_up (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: cutter
        Arg1-PPT: thing now in pieces

Example: cut_up-v: PETA would be happy

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

        An undistinguished college student who dabbled in zoology until he concluded that he-1 couldn't stand *trace*-1 cutting up frogs, Mr. Corry wanted to work for a big company ``that could do big things.''

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: cutting up
        Arg1: frogs

Roleset id: cut_up.10 , laugh and joke, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

cut_up.10: CUT-V NOTES: Not sure if args 1 and 2 will ever appear, their presence is based on"joke" frame. Frame created by Claire (from former cut-v.10)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
cut_up (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: first or all jokers
        Arg1-COM: other entity cutting up with
        Arg2-PPT: joke, cutting up about what?

Example: cut_up-v: intransitive

        And we're giggling and laughing and cutting up and having a really greattime.

        Argm-dis: and
        Arg0: we
        Rel: [cutting][up]


Predicate: cut_down

Roleset id: cut_down.11 , reduce, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

cut_down.11: CUT-V NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT. Comparison to cut_back-v.05. . No VNcls. (from former cut-v.11)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
cut_down (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: cutter
        Arg1-PPT: thing reduced
        Arg2-EXT: amount reduced by
        Arg3-DIR: start point
        Arg4-GOL: end point

Example: cut_down-v: standard syntax

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

        Take it from me who has experienced this first hand , my sister who is a nurse , my friend taking many meds whose dry mouth stopped the very day [0]-1 he cut down on his multivitamin *trace*-1 and L.F who was incorrectly advised by , err , Donehue .

        Arg0: he
        Rel: [cut] [down]
        Arg1: on his multivitamin
        Argm-tmp: *trace*-1
        Argm-slc: [0]-1 -> [the very day]