Predicate: define

Roleset id: define.01 , assign a label or attribute; specify features or boundaries, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

define.01: DEFINE-V NOTES: Comparison with 'regard'. Member of VNcls characterize-29.2-1-1, reflexive_appearance-48.1.2. (from define.01-v) DEFINITION-N NOTES: Corresponds with define.01. Framed by anwen april 2011 (from definition.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
definition (n.)
define (v.)Categorization Communicate_categorization
defined (j.)Categorization Communicate_categorization

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: describer (vnrole: 29.2-1-1-Agent, 48.1.2-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing defined (vnrole: 29.2-1-1-Theme, 48.1.2-Theme)
        Arg2-PRD: secondary attribute, described-as, definition (vnrole: 29.2-1-1-Attribute)

Example: all args

        Time Warner emphasized in a news release that it should be evaluated based on its cash flow, which-1 the company defined *trace*-1 as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

        Arg0: the company
        Rel: defined
        Arg1: *trace*-1 (= which)
        Argm-slc: which -> its cash flow
        Arg2: as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization

Example: All args

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

        Jack's definition of rockabilly as a type of country music angered Gretchen.

        Arg0: Jack's
        Rel: definition
        Arg1: of rockabilly
        Arg2: as a type of country music

Example: medical uses; Arg2 as a 'defined by' phrase

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

        The area around the needle localization was defined by a brown-tan area, 3.0 cm x 2.1 cm.

        Arg1: The area around the needle localization
        Rel: defined
        Arg2: by a brownish-tan area, 3.0 cm x 2.1 cm.


Predicate: definition

Roleset id: definition.02 , highlighting, emphasizing, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

definition.02: DEFINITION-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on more-nouns. No VNcls. Comparison to verb-underline.01. (from definition.02-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
definition (n.)
defined (j.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: highlighter
        Arg1-PPT: thing highlighted/emphasized

Example:

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

        Excessive definition of the cheekbones can produce an unnaturally wide facial appearance across the mid-face.

        Argm-ext: Excessive
        Rel: definition
        Arg1: of the cheekbones

Example:

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

        Eastman Kodak Co. , seeking to position itself in the potentially huge high - definition television market , unveiled a converter that can transform conventional motion - picture film into high - definition video .

        Argm-ext: high
        Rel: definition