Predicate: devise

Roleset id: devise.01 , come up with, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

devise.01: DEVISE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'devise' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry. (from devise.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
devise (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: deviser (vnrole: 55.5-1-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing dreamed up (vnrole: 55.5-1-theme)
        Arg2-PRD: secondary predication on arg1

Example: simple transitive

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

        [Lawmakers representing some of the cleaner utilities]-1 have been quietly working with the White House *trace*-1 to devise ways to tinker with the administration bill to address their acid-rain concerns.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: devise
        Arg1: ways to tinker with the administration bill to address their acid-rain concerns

Example: with 2dy predication

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

        Keeping the mood light, the two then chanted and chortled their way through [some murderous polyrhythms]-1, devised *trace*-1 by Mr. Douglas as an alternative to Hindemith's dry theory-teaching techniques, and then, with Mr. Gomez, soared and improvised on the composer's tight ``Bebop Etudes.''

        Rel: devised
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg0: by Mr. Douglas
        Arg2: as an alternative to Hindemith's dry theory-teaching techniques

Example: with purpose

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

        They devised a 69-point scale -- awarding one point for each subskill measured on the CAT test -- to rate the closeness of test preparatives to the fifth-grade CAT.

        Arg0: They
        Rel: devised
        Arg1: a 69-point scale
        Argm-adv: -- awarding one point for each subskill measured on the CAT test --
        Argm-pnc: to rate the closeness of test preparatives to the fifth-grade CAT

Example: watch for to-clauses

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

        The system worked the way *trace* we devised it to work *trace*.''

        Arg0: we
        Rel: devised
        Arg1: it
        Arg2: to work
        Argm-mnr: *trace*
        Argm-rcl: *trace* -> the way