Predicate: smell

Roleset id: smell.01 , notice an odor, act of smelling, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

smell.01: SMELL-V NOTES: Member of VNcls see-30.1, stalk-35.3. Updated by Julia, 11/2010. (from smell.01-v) SMELL-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on smell-v.01. Corresponds to VNcls see-30.1, stalk-35.3. (from smell.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
smell (v.)Perception_active Perception_experience
smell (n.)

Roles:

        Watch out for light verbs! (from smell.01-n)
        Arg0-PAG: entity with a nose (vnrole: 30.1-Experiencer, 35.3-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: stinky thing (vnrole: 30.1-Stimulus, 35.3-Theme, 35.3-Location)

Example: simple transitive

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        We see, smell and hear slums filled with ``the echoes of hawkers advertising their wares interspersed with abusive language, rattling coughs and the sound of people gathering spittle in their throats and spewing into the street.''

        Arg0: We
        Rel: smell
        Arg1: slums filled with ``the echoes of hawkers advertising their wares interspersed with abusive language, rattling coughs and the sound of people gathering spittle in their throats and spewing into the street

Example: Light verb!

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

        *pro*-1 Try [*pro*-1]-2 to take a smell of the cigar and if it does not have that aroma, drop it off.

        Arg0: [*pro*-1]-2
        Argm-lvb: take
        Rel: smell
        Arg1: of the cigar

Roleset id: smell.02 , emit an odor, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

smell.02: SMELL-V NOTES: Member of VNcls smell_emission-43.3, stimulus_subject-30.4. Updated by Julia, 11/2010. (from smell.02-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
smell (v.)Appearance

Roles:

        Arg1-PPT: stinky thing (vnrole: 43.3-Location, 43.3-Theme, 30.4-Stimulus)
        Arg2-PPT: attribute of arg1 (vnrole: 43.3-Theme)

Example: smells like Teen Spirit

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        Embedded in the ``budget'' being concocted by the House-Senate conference committee is something that-1 *trace*-1 looks, smells and waddles like a duck.

        Arg1: *trace*-1 (= that)
        Argm-slc: that -> something
        Rel: smells
        Arg2: like a duck

Example: predicative smell

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        ``It's a Swiss-cheese factory and the cheese smells pretty good,'' commented one veteran lobbyist who was watching the proceedings.

        Arg1: the cheese
        Rel: smells
        Arg2: pretty good