Predicate: pause

Roleset id: pause.01 , to suspend an action, to hesitate, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

pause.01: PAUSE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'pause' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from pause.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
pause (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: thing pausing, agent or action (vnrole: 53.1-Agent)

Example: with purpose

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

        Mr. Perry , who [*T*-1] runs Unilever Group 's world-wide personal-care business , paused [*-2]to scan the crowd .

        Arg0: Mr. Perry , who [*T*-1] runs Unilever Group 's world-wide personal-care business ,
        Rel: paused
        Argm-pnc: [*-2] to scan the crowd

Example: with temporal ArgM

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

        -- If Dow Industrials fall 25 points at opening , contract trading pauses for 10 minutes .

        Argm-adv: If Dow Industrials fall 25 points at opening
        Arg0: contract trading
        Rel: pauses
        Argm-tmp: for 10 minutes