Predicate: melt

Roleset id: melt.01 , to change from a solid to a liquid state, melted, in a (hot) liquid state, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

melt.01: MELT-V NOTES: Frames file for 'melt' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from melt.01-v predicate notes) MOLTEN-J NOTES: Added automatically by Julia. (from molten.01-j)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
melt (v.)
molten (j.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: agent (vnrole: 26.5-Agent, 45.4-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing melted (vnrole: 26.5-Material, 45.4-Patient)

Example: melt-v: transitive

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

        A substantial warming would melt some of the Earth 's polar ice caps , [*-1] raising the level of the oceans and causing widespread flooding of heavily populated coastal areas .

        Arg0: A substantial warming
        ArgM-MOD: would
        Rel: melt
        Arg1: some of the Earth 's polar ice caps
        ArgM-ADV: [*-1] raising the level of the oceans and causing widespread flooding of heavily populated coastal areas

Example: melt-v: intransitive

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

        A partnership with a Williamsburg , Va. , unit of Shell Oil Co. recently patented a process for [*] producing plastic food containers that [*T*-1]wo n't melt in microwave ovens .

        Arg1: [*T*-1]
        ArgM-RCL: that -> plastic food containers
        ArgM-MOD: wo
        ArgM-NEG: n't
        Rel: melt
        ArgM-LOC: in microwave ovens

Example: molten-j: both args

        Initially, the Earth was molten from this release of energy, but a solid surface formed within a few million years

        Argm-tmp: Initially
        Arg1: the Earth
        Rel: molten
        Arg0: from this release of energy


Predicate: melt_down

Roleset id: melt_down.02 , experience (usually emotional) system failure, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

melt_down.02: MELT_DOWN-V NOTES:

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
melt_down (v.)
meltdown (n.)
have_meltdown (l.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: entity having a fit
        Arg1-PPT: over what

Example: melt_down-v

        25 years ago, Jesse Spano melted down over #caffeine pills.

        Argm-tmp: 25 years ago
        Arg0: Jesse Spano
        Rel: [melted][down]
        Arg1: over #caffeine pills

Example: meltdown-n

        her little spazzo meltdown flip-off to Serenity

        Argm-mnr: spazzo
        Rel: meltdown

Example: have_meltdown-l

        [That Time]-1 I Had a Meltdown Over Spring Rolls *WHNP*-1.

        Arg0: I
        Argm-lvb: had
        Rel: meltdown
        Arg1: over spring rolls
        Argm-tmp: *WHNP*-1