Predicate: murder

Roleset id: murder.01 , cause to die, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

murder.01: MURDER-V NOTES: Frames file for 'murder' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 42.1, along with other assorted verbs of killing. (from murder.01-v predicate notes) MURDER-N NOTES: Updated by Julia. Member of Vncls murder-42.1. (from murder.01-n) MURDERED-J NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from murdered.01-j)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
murdered (j.)
murder (v.)Killing
murder (n.)Killing
murdering (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: killer (vnrole: 42.1-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: corpse (vnrole: 42.1-Patient)
        Arg2-MNR: instrument (vnrole: 42.1-Instrument)

Example: passive, no agent

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

        To quote the highly regarded director of a privately funded drop-in center for the homeless in New York: ``If you're homeless, you-1 don't sleep for fear of *trace*-1 being robbed *trace*-1 or murdered.

        Rel: murdered
        Arg1: *trace*

Example: agentive; true gerund!

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

        For example, one of my favorite movies is the 1949 British comedy ``Kind Hearts and Coronets,'' in which the entire comedy is based on actor Dennis Price's murdering eight titled relatives (all played by Alec Guinness) because they snubbed his mother and stand in the way of his acquiring the family title.

        Arg0: actor Dennis Price's
        Rel: murdering
        Arg1: eight titled relatives (all played by Alec Guinness)
        Argm-cau: because they snubbed his mother and stand in the way of his acquiring the family title

Example: with instrument

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        John-1 dreamed of *trace*-1 murdering Mary with nothing more than a plastic teaspoon, three pairs of pantyhose, and a live sea urchin.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: murdering
        Arg1: Mary
        Arg2: with nothing more than a plastic teaspoon, three pairs of pantyhose, and a live sea urchin

Example: autogen1

        murders by repeat offenders who torture their victims

        Rel: murders
        Arg0: by repeat offenders who torture their victims

Example: autogen2

        the racial murder of a black teen-ager in the white Brooklynneighborhood of Bensonhurst

        Argm-cau: racial
        Rel: murder
        Arg1: of a black teen-ager
        Argm-loc: in the white Brooklyn neighborhood of Bensonhurst

Example: with MNR and arg1

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

        the brutal murder of graduate student Imette St. Guillen

        Argm-mnr: brutal
        Rel: murder
        Arg1: of a graduate student Imette St. Guillen

Example: degree = MNR

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

        first degree murder

        Argm-mnr: first degree
        Rel: murder

Example: with the candlestick

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

        the axe murder of private eye Daniel Morgan in 1987

        Arg2: axe
        Rel: murder
        Arg1: of private eye Daniel Morgan
        Argm-tmp: in 1987