Predicate: seize
Roleset id: seize.01 , acquire (forcefully or stealthily), Source: , vncls: , framnet:
seize.01: SEIZE-V NOTES: Comparison with 'acquire'. Member of Vncls steal-10.5, obtain-13.5.2, hold-15.1-1. Updated by Julia, 11/2010. (from seize.01-v)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| seize (v.) | Manipulation Taking | 15.1, 13.5.2, 10.5 |
| seizure (n.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: agent, entity acquiring something (vnrole: 10.5-agent, 13.5.2-agent, 15.1-agent)
Arg1-PPT: thing acquired (vnrole: 10.5-theme, 13.5.2-theme, 15.1-theme)
Arg2-DIR: acquired-from (vnrole: 10.5-source, 13.5.2-source)
Example: basic transitive
To keep program-trading units profitable in the eyes of senior brokerage executives, traders must seize every opportunity their computers find.
Argm-prp: To keep program-trading units profitable in the eyes of senior brokerage executives
Arg0: traders
Argm-mod: must
Rel: seize
Arg1: every opportunity their computers find
Example: PP variant
There has been no announcement of the Burger King arrangement by either party, possibly for fear that McDonald's and other fast-food rivals would seize on it in scornful advertising.
Arg0: McDonald 's and other fast-food rivals
Argm-mod: would
Rel: seize
Arg1: on it
Argm-loc: in scornful advertising
Example: ARG1 and ARG0 and ARG2
Mr. Sharon 's peace plan would retain Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem and the Golan Heights , which Israel seized from Syria in the 1967 Arab - Israeli war .
Arg1: [which][the Golan Heights]
Arg0: Israel
Rel: seized
Arg2: from Syria
Argm-tmp: in the 1967 Arab - Israeli war
Roleset id: seize.03 , have a seizure, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
seize.03: Based on brain cancer data. No comparison. Framed by Katie.
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| seize (v.) | | |
| seizure (n.) | | |
| have_seizure (l.) | | |
Roles:
Arg1-PPT: entity experiencing a seizure
Example:
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
At one point, he felt that he was seizing.
Arg1: he
Rel: seizing.
Example: Within LVC
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Thought I was having a seizure or something at first , till I saw the water in my water bottle swaying back and forth .
Arg1: I
Argm-lvb: having
Rel: seizure
Predicate: seize_up
Roleset id: seize_up.02 , become immobile, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
seize_up.02: SEIZE_UP-V NOTES: Added by Julia based on WSJ. No Vncls. (from seize.02-v)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| seize_up (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg1-PPT: thing becoming immobile
Example: arrrrrrg
person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
But there are times when-1 they seize up *trace*-1, and panicky sellers can not find buyers .
Arg1: they
Rel: [seize] [up]
Argm-tmp: *trace*-1