Predicate: fossilize

Roleset id: fossilize.01 , (cause to) petrify, make rigid, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

fossilize.01: FOSSILIZE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'fossilize' based on internet usage examples, expansion via VN. VerbNet entry 45.4, comparison with 'ossify.' (from fossilize.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
fossilize (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: cause of fossilization (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: entity made into fossil (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
        Arg2-PRD: result, attribe of arg 1

Example: No Agent

        The fossil history of snakes is very poorly known, since [snake skeletons]-1 are very delicate and *-1 do not fossilize easily.

        Arg1: *-1
        Argm-neg: not
        Rel: fossilize
        Argm-mnr: easily

Example: Metaphorical, with attribute

        It-1 must not remain fossilized *-1 in the form codified by Daniel Jones almost a century ago.

        Rel: fossilized
        Arg1: *-1
        Arg2: in the form codified by Daniel Jones almost a century ago