Predicate: retain

Roleset id: retain.01 , keep, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

retain.01: RETAIN-V NOTES: Frames file for 'retain' based on sentences in financial subcorpus; 'retentive' based on BOLT-1. Comparison with 'keep'. No Vncls. (from retain.01-v) RETENTION-N NOTES: ~retain.01 (from retention.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
retention (n.)
retain (v.)Memory Hiring

Roles:

        Purpose clauses show up in every concievable syntax; sometimes the purpose is part of the Arg1 NP, sometimes not. Sometimes they'reconnected in an S, sometimes as NP-PP, sometimes the NP is extractedfrom an S. Follow treebank's syntax and do the best you can. Sorry. (from retain.01-v)
        Arg0-PAG: Keeper
        Arg1-PPT: thing kept
        Arg3-PRD: attributive

Example: retain-v: basic transitive

        The British government retained the single golden share after selling its stake in Jaguar in...

        Arg0: The British government
        Rel: retained
        Arg1: the single golden share
        Argm-tmp: after selling its stake in Jaguar in

Example: retain-v: with attributive

        The company also retained attorney Martin P. Levin, a director of the company and former head of the Times-Mirror Publishing Group, as an adviser.

        Arg0: The company
        Argm-dis: also
        Rel: retained
        Arg1: attorney Martin P. Levin, a director of the company and former head of the Times-Mirror Publishing Group,
        Arg3: as an adviser

Example: retain-v: purpose clause

        The action followed by one day an Intelogic announcement that it will retain an investment banker to explore alternatives ``to maximize shareholder value,'' including the possible sale of the company.

        Arg0: it
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: retain
        Arg1: an investment banker
        Argm-pnc: to explore alternatives ``to maximize shareholder value,'' including the possible sale of the company

Example: retention-n: Arg0, 1

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

        Stimulated platelets use serotonin to enhance their retention of procoagulant proteins on the cell surface.

        Arg0: their
        Rel: retention
        Arg1: of procoagulant proteins on the cell curface


Predicate: retentive

Roleset id: retentive.02 , keep, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

retentive.02: RETENTIVE-J NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from retentive.01-j)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
retentive (j.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: Keeper
        Arg1-PPT: thing kept
        Arg3-PRD: attributive

Example: retentive-j

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

        if they would nt be so anally retentive in what they wished to do .

        Arg0: they
        Argm-mod: would
        Argm-neg: n't
        Argm-ext: so
        Argm-loc: anally
        Rel: retentive
        Argm-adv: in what they wished to do