Predicate: stab

Roleset id: stab.01 , poke with sharp object, perhaps fatally, metaphorically try something, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

stab.01: STAB-V NOTES: Note that the result and the location cannot cooccur: "John wasstabbed to death in the back". This is clearly not a syntacticvalency problem, since this has no more phrases than the lastexample. (from stab.01-v) STAB-N NOTES: Based on verb entry stab.01. Verbnet entries 42.2 and 18.2 (from stab.01-n) STABBING-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT, stab-v.01. Corresponds to VNcls Poison-42.2, Poke-19, Swat-18.2. (from stabbing.01-n) STABB-V NOTES: hand-checked by Kevin (from stabb.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
stab (v.)
stab (n.)
stabbing (n.)

Roles:

        Arg3 from verb frame separated into two separate args. Even though co-occuring LOC and resultative args are awkward, there are some examples out there, and regardless, it seemed more useful to be able to differentiate them. (from stabbing.01-n)
        Arg0-PAG: stabber (vnrole: 42.2-agent, 18.2-agent, 19-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: victim, thing stabbed (vnrole: 42.2-patient, 18.2-patient, 19-patient)
        Arg2-MNR: sharp implement (vnrole: 42.2-instrument, 18.2-instrument, 19-instrument)
        Arg3-LOC: specific location of wound (vnrole: 18.2-location)
        Arg4-PRD: result of stabbing (vnrole: 42.2-result, 18.2-result)

Example: passive transitived

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

        Prior to his term, [a teacher]-1 bled to death in the halls, *trace*-1 stabbed *trace*-1 by a student.

        Rel: stabbed
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg0: by a student

Example: arg3 as location

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

        When he initially refused, he says, they stabbed him in the back and made off with $2,000 and 280 blank tickets.

        Arg0: they
        Rel: stabbed
        Arg1: him
        Arg3: in the back

Example: arg3 as result

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        *trace* Beheading small children, stabbing elderly people to death, raping and shooting women, and burying people alive are just a few of the grisly activities that the Somali armed forces have been engaged in over the past two years.

        Arg0:
        Rel: stabbing
        Arg1: elderly people
        Arg4: to death

Example: args 1 2 3

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        Guns were never used: [Each man]-1 was stabbed *trace*-1 to death with a large knife.

        Rel: stabbed
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg4: to death
        Arg2: with a large knife

Example: Arg0 and Arg1

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

        She was surprised when her stab to the heart didn't kill him.

        Arg0: her
        Rel: stab
        Arg1: to the heart

Example: "try" semantics

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

        Most reasonable writers have taken a stab at writing an entry under a heading that seems a likely place to look , then have provided a detailed index .

        Arg0: most reasonable writers
        Argm-lvb: taken
        Rel: stab
        Arg1: at writing an entry under a heading that seems a likely to place to look

Example: args 0, 1, 2, 3

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

        A man's dispute with his girlfriend allegedly led to his stabbing her in the head with a steak knife

        Arg0: his
        Rel: stabbing
        Arg1: her
        Arg3: in the head
        Arg2: with a steak knife

Example: arg 4

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

        My nephew would not respond to his insults, so he thought that justified his stabbing him to death.

        Arg0: his
        Rel: stabbing
        Arg1: him
        Arg4: to death