Predicate: lengthen

Roleset id: lengthen.01 , make longer, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

lengthen.01: LENGTHEN-V NOTES: Look at other examples of the class for additional examples of usage. (from lengthen.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
lengthen (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: cause, agent (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing getting longer (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
        Arg2-EXT: EXT
        Arg3-DIR: start point
        Arg4-GOL: end point

Example: ergative, with EXT and end point

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

        Average maturity of the funds' investments lengthened by a day to 41 days, the longest since early August, according to Donoghue's.

        Arg1: Average maturity of the funds' investments
        Rel: lengthened
        Arg2: by a day
        Arg4: to 41 days, the longest since early August,

Example: agentive

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: perfect,  voice: active,  form: participle

        Mr. Ireland said current demand for used aircraft is strong, partly because surging orders for new aircraft have lengthened waiting lists.

        Arg0: surging orders for new aircraft
        Rel: lengthened
        Arg1: waiting lists


Predicate: long

Roleset id: long.02 , want, desire, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

long.02: LONG-V NOTES: Frames file for 'long' based on sentences in wsj. No access to Verbnet at the moment. (from long.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
long (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: wanter (vnrole: 32.2-1-Pivot)
        Arg1-PPT: wanted (vnrole: 32.2-1-Theme)

Example: wrong syntactic parse

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

        Still, they long for a ``mega-hit'' toy to excite retail sales in the U.S., Hong Kong's biggest market for toys and games.

        ArgM-DIS: Still
        Arg0: they
        Rel: long
        Arg1: for a ``mega-hit'' toy to excite retail sales in the U.S., Hong Kong's biggest market for toys and games

Roleset id: long.03 , having a great length measurement, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

long.03: LONG-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-1. Related to lengthen-v.01, elongate-v.01, prolong-v.01. (from long.01-j)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
long (j.)Dimension Duration_description Measurable_attributes
longer (j.)
longest (j.)
length (n.)

Roles:

        Arg1-PPT: long thing
        Arg2-EXT: length measurement

Example: arg1, EXT

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

        The rest of your OP was just too damned long .

        Arg1: The rest of your OP
        Argm-adv: just
        Argm-ext: too
        Argm-dis: damned
        Rel: long

Example: both args

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

        The shark was 12 feet long, 8 feet in girth and weighs more than 1300 pounds, according to the fishermen's estimates.

        Arg1: the shark
        Arg2: 12 feet
        Rel: long
        Argm-adv: according to the fishermen's estimates