Predicate: sink

Roleset id: sink.01 , (cause to) go down, esp into water, downward motion, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

sink.01: SINK-V NOTES: Member of Vncls other_cos-45.4. (from sink.01-v) SINK-N NOTES: Added by Julia based loosely on sink-v.01. Corresponds to VNcls other_cos-45.4. (from sink.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
sink (n.)
sink (v.)
sinking (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0 not observed with nominalizations, so omitted. If you see one, call it arg0 and send it in. (from sink.01-n)
        Arg0-PAG: causer of sinking (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing sinking (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
        Arg2-EXT: EXT
        Arg3-DIR: start point
        Arg4-GOL: end point, destination
        Arg5-MNR: instrument (vnrole: 45.4-instrument)

Example: agentive

        Analysts say rallies in the group historically have lifted the market, while weakness in the sector often sank unlisted share prices broadly.

        Arg0: weakness in the sector
        Argm-tmp: often
        Rel: sank
        Arg1: unlisted share prices
        Argm-mnr: broadly

Example: ergative with MNR as arg

        He expects the market to sink further and to reach a low sometime next month or in December.

        Arg1: the market
        Rel: sink
        Arg2: further

Example: ergative with EXT and end point

        Abraham Lincoln Federal Savings Bank sank 4 to 13 1/2 after announcing a shakeup that will change senior management and reorganize the bank's mortgage business as a separate unit.

        Arg1: Abraham Lincoln Federal Savings Bank
        Rel: sank
        Arg2: 4
        Arg4: to 13 1/2
        Argm-tmp: after announcing a shakeup that will change senior management and reorganize the bank's mortgage business as a separate unit

Example: start and end points

        Qintex Ltd. shares sank to A$1.50 yesterday from A$3.05 on Friday.

        Arg1: Qintex Ltd. shares
        Rel: sank
        Arg4: to A$ 1.50
        Argm-tmp: yesterday
        Arg3: from A$ 3.05 on Friday

Example: agentive with instrument

        Mary sank John's battleship with a single well-aimed torpedo.

        Arg0: Mary
        Rel: sank
        Arg1: John's battleship
        Arg5: with a single well-aimed torpedo

Example: args 1 and 4

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

        Mr. Snyder hits close to home for anyone who as ever lost a job as he describes his sink into depression

        Arg1: his
        Rel: sink
        Arg4: into depression


Predicate: sinkex

Roleset id: sinkex.02 , military ship sinking exercise, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

sinkex.02: SINKEX-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT. (from sinkex.01-n) SINKEX-V NOTES: Automatically added alias.

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
sinkex (v.)
sinkex (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: agent
        Arg1-PPT: target ship
        Arg2-MNR: instrument/weapon used

Example: LVC

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

        Secondly wow has scrapping and breaking gotten to be so expensive that it s considered better / more cost effective *PRO* to do a sink - ex wierd .

        Arg0: *PRO*
        Argm-lvb: do
        Rel: [sink] - [ex]

Example: arg1

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

        I would have liked to have seen the sinkex on the USS America - but understandably, that is classified.

        Rel: sinkex
        Arg1: on the USS America

Example: arg2

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

        Had this been a SINKEX with a live warhead, this angle would still have been a devistating hit.

        Rel: SINKEX
        Arg2: with a live warhead