Predicate: gird
Roleset id: gird.01 , encircle, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
gird.01: GIRD-V NOTES: Also a Calvin& Hobbes reference. (from gird.01-v)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| gird (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: entity putting something around something else
Arg1-GOL: thing encircled
Arg2-PPT: thing going around
Example: canonical usage
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
``How can I face the world if I can't gird my loins with comic book characters?'' asked John.
Arg0: I
Argm-mod: ca
Argm-neg: n't
Rel: gird
Arg1: my loins
Arg2: with comic book characters
Roleset id: gird.02 , prepare, get ready for, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
gird.02: GIRD-V NOTES: The arg1 above would properly be "itself". This sense is actually anextension of the other; literally 'gird' means 'to put on a belt.'Originally the belt carried one's weapons; thus to 'gird for battle'used a purpose phrase, which gradually became more prominent until thenew sense took over. (from gird.02-v)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| gird (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: preparer
Arg1-PPT: thing made ready
Arg2-PRP: ready for
Example: unstated arg1
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
As rescuers pressed their efforts after finding a survivor in a collapsed freeway, the San Francisco Bay area girded for hundreds of thousands of commuters seeking to avoid routes ravaged by last Tuesday's tremor.
Argm-tmp: As rescuers pressed their efforts after finding a survivor in a collapsed freeway
Arg0: the San Francisco Bay area
Rel: girded
Arg2: for hundreds of thousands of commuters seeking to avoid routes ravaged by last Tuesday's tremor