Predicate: descend

Roleset id: descend.01 , to come down, lower oneself, or arrive, lowering, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

descend.01: DESCEND-V NOTES: Member of VNcls escape-51.1, meander-47.7. (from descend.01-v) DESCENDING-N NOTES: descend.01 (from descending.01-n) DESCENDED-J NOTES: Based on Thyme data. Comparison to descend.01-v. (from descended.01-j)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
descending (n.)
descend (v.)Path_shape Traversing Motion_directional Arriving
descended (j.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PPT: entity descending (vnrole: 51.1-3-Theme, 47.7-Theme)
        Arg1-DIR: location/goal, descend on or to (vnrole: 51.1-3-Trajectory, 47.7-Location)

Example: with Arg1

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

        District police in 1983 descended on his suburban home , which he and his large family used as both residence and factory , and demanded proof the house and equipment were his .

        Arg0: District police
        Argm-tmp: in 1983
        Rel: descended
        Arg1: on his suburban home , which he and his large family used as both residence and factory ,

Example: with source

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

        That is not entirely true , for linguists know too much about language to suggest that there ever was , literally , a single language [from which]-1 all Indo-European languages descended *trace*-1.

        Arg0: all Indo-European languages
        Rel: descended
        Argm-dir: *trace*-1
        Argm-slc: [from which] -> a single language

Example: with ArgM-DIR

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

        Ralph's descending from the mountain was met by cheers from his teammates.

        Arg0: Ralph's
        Rel: descending
        Argm-dir: from the mountain

Example: Arg0, 1

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

        The SWAT team's descending on his house finally roused the criminal from his lair.

        Arg0: The SWAT team's
        Rel: descending
        Arg1: on his house