Frameset - pitch

Predicate: pitch

Roleset id: pitch.01 , throw, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

pitch.01: PITCH-V NOTES: Frames file for 'pitch' based on sentences in financial subcorpus andautomatic expansion via verbnet. (from pitch.01-v predicate notes) PITCH-N NOTES: Roleset based on verb entry pitch.01. Corresponds to VN Class throw-17.1-1. (from pitch.01-n) PITCHING-N NOTES: (from pitching.01-n)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
pitching (n.)
pitch (n.)
pitch (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: thrower (vnrole: 17.1-1-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing thrown (vnrole: 17.1-1-theme)
        Arg2-GOL: thrown at, to, over, etc (vnrole: 17.1-1-destination)

Example: another direction

        ``Stocks-1 were being pitched *trace*-1 out of windows at any price.''

        Rel: pitched
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg2: out of windows
        Argm: at any price

Example: boring example

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

        He already has achieved vertical integration on a limited scale: Quebecor-1 can put a weekly newspaper on almost any Quebec doorstep without using outside help, from chopping down the tree to making the newsprint to *trace*-1 pitching it up onto the porch.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: pitching
        Arg1: it
        Arg2: up onto the porch

Example: pitching as advertising

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

        But now, [Charlie Brown]-1 is about *trace*-1 to start *trace*-1 pitching everything from Chex Party Mix to light bulbs.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: pitching
        Arg1: everything from Chex Party Mix to light bulbs

Example: args 0 & 2

        Ben equates this adrenaline rush to that brief moment of silence by the crowd when a baseball player delivers his pitch to the plate.

        Arg0: his
        Rel: pitch
        Arg2: to the plate

Example: Within LVC

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

        Permison made his biggest pitch of the game and struck out Prokopowicz.

        Arg0: Permison
        Argm-lvb: made
        Argm-adj: biggest
        Rel: pitch
        Argm-tmp: of the game

Roleset id: pitch.02 , set a musical tone, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

pitch.02: PITCH-V NOTES: Verbal usage of this sense is vanishingly rare. (from pitch.02-v)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
pitch (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: setter of tone, agent
        Arg1-PPT: tone
        Arg2-VSP: value

Example: almost adjectival

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

        It isn't every day that we hear a Violetta who can sing the first act's high-flying music with [all the little notes]-1 perfectly pitched *trace*-1 and neatly stitched together.

        Argm-mnr: perfectly
        Rel: pitched
        Arg1: *trace*

Example: more args

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

        John pitches his voice as low as possible in order to attract babes.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: pitches
        Arg1: his voice
        Arg2: as low as possible
        Argm-pnc: in order to attract babes

Roleset id: pitch.04 , advertise in strongly positive terms, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

pitch.04: PITCH-V NOTES: Frames file for 'pitch' based on sentences in financial subcorpus andautomatic expansion via verbnet. (from pitch.04-v predicate notes) PITCH-N NOTES: Based on verb entry pitch.04. No corresponding VN Class. (from pitch.02-n)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
pitch (n.)
pitch (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: advertiser, agent
        Arg1-PPT: thing touted
        Arg2-PRD: attribute of arg1
        Arg3-GOL: recipient

Example: sales pitch

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

        Using cinema, television and print ads, the company pitches Southern Comfort as a grand old drink of the antebellum American South.

        Argm-mnr: Using cinema, television and print ads
        Arg0: the company
        Rel: pitches
        Arg1: Southern Comfort
        Arg2: as a grand old drink of the antebellum American South

Example: within LVC

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

        ...So far Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan hasn't made a pitch for the job.

        Argm-tmp: So far
        Arg0: Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan
        Argm-neg: n't
        Argm-lvb: made
        Rel: pitch
        Arg2: for the job

Example: All arguments

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

        At least, that's how art director Ken Feldman described his failed pitch for God of War III as an FPS to game director Stig Asmussen.

        Arg0: his
        Argm-adj: failed
        Rel: pitch
        Arg1: for God of War III
        Arg2: as an FPS
        Arg3: to game director Stig Asmussen.

Predicate: pitch_in

Roleset id: pitch_in.03 , pitch in: cooperate, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

pitch_in.03: PITCH_IN-V NOTES: (from pitch.03-v)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
pitch_in (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: cooperators
        Arg1-PPT: thing added to the cooperation
        Arg2-GOL: cooperative work

Example: let's work together

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

        ``Everybody pretty much pitched in and cooperated,'' said Stan Perez, a sergeant with the California Highway Patrol.

        Arg0: Everybody
        Argm-adv: pretty much
        Rel: [pitched] [in]