Predicate: popularize

Roleset id: popularize.01 , make popular, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

popularize.01: POPULARIZE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'popularize' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry other_cos 45.4. (from popularize.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
popularize (v.)
popularise (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: popularizer (vnrole: 45.4-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing now popular (vnrole: 45.4-Patient)
        Arg2-MNR: instrument (vnrole: 45.4-Instrument)

Example: no instrument

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

        It might be alleged that TV-1 has done more than its share *trace*-1 to popularize and promote non-violent civil disobedience, so the second situation hypothesized above would be simply a case of ``chickens coming home to roost.''

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: popularize
        Arg1: non-violent civil disobedience

Example: yes instrument

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

        Wells Rich first popularized the Benson& Hedges brand more than 20 years ago with ads portraying, among other things, an elevator door closing on a passenger's cigarette.

        Arg0: Wells Rich
        Argm-tmp: first
        Rel: popularized
        Arg1: the Benson& Hedges brand
        Argm-tmp: more than 20 years ago
        Arg2: with ads portraying, among other things, an elevator door closing on a passenger's cigarette


Predicate: popular

Roleset id: popular.02 , popular, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

popular.02: POPULAR-J NOTES: (from popular.01-j)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
popular (j.)

Roles:

        Arg1-PPT: popular entity
        Arg2-PPT: audience, popular among/with whom?

Example: all args

        That teacher is popular among teenagers.

        Rel: popular
        Arg1: That teacher
        Arg2: among teenagers

Example: all args, negative polarity

        Cloth diapers aren't popular with parents anymore.

        Rel: popular
        Arg1: Cloth diapers
        Arg2: with parents