Predicate: shy_away
Roleset id: shy_away.01 , avoid in fear, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
shy_away.01: SHY_AWAY-V NOTES: No Verbnet entry. (from shy.01-v)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
shy_away (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Treebank treats the "shy away from X" in at least four differentparsings. You'll often have to pick things apart. (from shy.01-v)
        Arg0-PAG: avoider
        Arg1-PPT: thing avoided
Example: oddly intransitive
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: full
        ``If someone actually sat down and thought about what they were being sold ,'' says Gerald Perritt, editor of the Mutual Fund Letter in Chicago, they might shy away.
        Argm-adv: If someone actually sat down and thought about what they were being sold
        Arg0: they
        Argm-mod: might
        Rel: [ shy] [ away]
Example: shy away from
        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        The scare over Alar, a growth regulator that makes apples redder and crunchier but may be carcinogenic, made consumers shy away from the Delicious, though they were less affected than the McIntosh.
        Arg0: consumers
        Rel: [ shy] [ away]
        Arg1: from the Delicious
        Argm-adv: though they were less affected than the McIntosh
Predicate: shy
Roleset id: shy.02 , avoid in fear, nonphrasal; avoiding out of fear, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
shy.02: SHY-V NOTES: Added by Julia based on shy.01, BOLT-1 adjectival usage. (from shy.02-v)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
shy (v.) | Sociability | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PPT: shy one
        Arg1-PPT: afraid of
Example: inanimate arg0
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        Its diligent beam could spot only the dark head of Van, who, having been propelled out of the boat when-1 it shied from its own sudden shadow [*-1], kept bobbing and and bawling the drowned girl's name in the black, foam-veined, complicated waters.
        Arg0: it
        Rel: shied
        Arg1: from its own sudden shadow
        Argm-tmp: [*-1]
Roleset id: shy.03 , not having enough, being some distance from a goal, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
shy.03: SHY-J NOTES: Reframed by Julia based on short-j.01 (from shy.01-j)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
shy (j.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg1-PAG: entity not having enough/attained a goal
        Arg2-PPT: amount shy
        Arg3-GOL: goal
Example: monetary, Args 1 and 2
        He is shy ten bucks.
        Arg1: he
        Rel: shy
        Arg2: ten bucks
Example: distance, All args
        We are 10 miles shy of Los Angeles.
        Arg1: We
        Arg2: 10 miles
        Rel: shy
        Arg3: of Los Angeles
Example: args 1, 3
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        That was shy of economists' forecast for a 1.5 percent increase and marked a slower pace than April's 1.7 percent rise.
        Arg1: that
        Rel: shy
        Arg3: of economists' forecast for a 1.5 percent increase
Roleset id: shy.04 , socially nervous, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
shy.04: SHY-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-1, (from shy.02-j)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
shy (j.) | Sociability | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PPT: shy one
        Arg1-PPT: afraid of
Example: both args
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        On Facebook she did say she was shy of people outside her group
        Arg0: she
        Rel: shy
        Arg1: of people outside her group
Example: arg1
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        However , I knew it would take me some time to adjust , because I have always been very introverted , and shy and especially anxious and all the rest of it .
        Arg0: I
        Argm-tmp: always
        Rel: shy