Predicate: search
Roleset id: search.01 , search, seek, seaking, looking through/for, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
search.01: SEARCH-V NOTES: Comparison with 'seek'.Member of Vncls search-35.2. (from search.01-v) SEARCH-N NOTES: Roleset based on search.01. Verbnet class search-35.2. Framed by Katie. (from search.01-n) SEARCHING-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-5, search-v.01. Corresponds to VNcls search-35.2. (from searching.01-n)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
search (v.) | Scrutiny Seeking | |
searching (n.) | | |
search (n.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: searcher (vnrole: 35.2-agent)
        Arg1-LOC: Area searched (vnrole: 35.2-location)
        Arg2-PPT: searched for (vnrole: 35.2-theme)
Example: typical transitive
        The board already has been searching for strong outside candidates, including food-industry executives with considerable international experience.
        Arg0: The board
        Argm-tmp: already
        Rel: searching
        Arg2: for strong outside candidates, including food-industry executives with considerable international experience
Example: All arguments with (sort of creepy) purpose.
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        He searched the crowd for his wife to assign her an appropriate punishment.
        Arg0: He
        Rel: searched
        Arg1: the crowd
        Arg2: for his wife
        Argm-prp: to assign her an appropriate punishment.
Example: Example with 2 args
        his search for the Reuters shares
        Arg0: his
        Rel: search
        Arg2: for the Reuters shares
Example: Example with only arg 2
        the search for `` a real computer in a package so small you cantake it everywhere
        Rel: search
        Arg2: for `` a real computer in a package so small you can take it everywhere
Example: Example with 2 args
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        The detective's search for clues was fruitless.
        Arg0: The detective's
        Rel: search
        Arg2: for clues
Example: Args 0 & 1
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        In a search earlier this week of an Aden apartment, detectives found evidence of the crime.
        Rel: search
        Argm-tmp: earlier this week
        Arg1: of an Aden apartment
Example: All Args
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        Krauser soon begins his search of Wesker for power.
        Arg0: his
        Rel: search
        Arg1: of Wesker
        Arg2: for power
Example: all args
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        Officials dropped those charges after finding no trace of ricin in Curtis' home, and no record of his searching the Internet about the poison.
        Arg0: his
        Rel: searching
        Arg1: the internet
        Arg2: about the poison