Predicate: preoccupy

Roleset id: preoccupy.01 , demand full attention, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

preoccupy.01: PREOCCUPY-V NOTES: Frames file for 'preoccupy' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 31.1 (from preoccupy.01-v predicate notes) PREOCCUPATION-N NOTES: preoccupy.01 (from preoccupation.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
preoccupy (v.)
preoccupation (n.)

Roles:

        To my ear, args 0 and 2 cannot cooccur, but the prepositional usage ofarg2 does imply that the two are separate arguments. (from preoccupy.01-v)
        Arg0-PAG: causer of preoccupation (vnrole: 31.1-stimulus)
        Arg1-PPT: preoccupied entity (vnrole: 31.1-experiencer)
        Arg2-GOL: focus of attention

Example: usually passive

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

        Worst of all, Nissan-1 was preoccupied *trace*-1 with management infighting, cronyism and corporate rigidity.

        Argm-dis: Worst of all
        Rel: preoccupied
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg2: with management infighting, cronyism and corporate rigidity

Example: occasionally active

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: perfect,  voice: ns,  form: participle

        Foreign exchange dealers said that the currency market has begun to distance itself from the volatile stock exchange, which *trace* has preoccupied the market since Oct. 13, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 190 points.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Argm-rcl: which -> the volatile stock exchange
        Rel: preoccupied
        Arg1: the market
        Argm-tmp: since Oct. 13, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 190 points

Example: Arg1,2

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

        At last the Archbishop of Canterbury is moving out of his preoccupation with papalizing the Anglicans and being a voice for the poor.

        Arg1: his
        Rel: preoccupation
        Arg2: with papalizing the Anglicans