Predicate: rain
Roleset id: rain.01 , rain, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
rain.01: RAIN-V NOTES: Frames file for 'rain' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 57. (from rain.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| rain (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: metaphorical agent
Arg1-PPT: metaphorical rain (vnrole: 57-theme)
Arg2-GOL: rained upon
Example: pure weather phenomena = no args
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
It didn't help that on Saturday, after three days of sunshine, it rained.
Argm-tmp: on Saturday
Argm-tmp: after three days of sunshine
Rel: rained
Example: maximally metaphorical
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The earthquake shattered windows at San Francisco International's air-traffic control tower and rained pieces of the ceiling down on controllers, three of whom suffered minor injuries.
Arg0: The earthquake
Rel: rained
Arg1: pieces of the ceiling
Argm-dir: down
Arg2: on controllers, three of whom suffered minor injuries
Example: single arg metaphor
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
After two years of drought, it rained money in the stock-index futures markets yesterday.
Argm-tmp: After two years of drought
Rel: rained
Arg1: money
Argm-loc: in the stock-index futures markets
Argm-tmp: yesterday