Frameset - step

Predicate: step

Roleset id: step.01 , move incrementally, incremental movement, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

step.01: STEP-V NOTES: Baswd on financial subcorpus. Comparison with 'move'. Member of VNcls run-51.3.2. (from step.01-v) STEP-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on step-v.01. Corresponds to VNcls VNcls run-51.3.2. (from step.01-n)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
step (v.)	Self_motion
step (n.)	Self_motion Intentionally_act
take_step (l.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: outside agent (vnrole: 51.3.2-theme)
        Arg1-PPT: entity in motion
        Arg2-GOL: destination or metaphorical goal
        Arg3-DIR: source
        Arg4-PPT: step itself, action taken to achieve goal

Example: step-v: destination and direction

        Maybe she could step across the plaza to the Met -- where she has still to make her debut -- and help out her Czech compatriot by singing the slow parts of ``Traviata.''

        Argm-adv: Maybe
        Arg1: she
        Argm-mod: could
        Rel: step
        Argm-dir: across the plaza
        Arg2: to the Met -- where she has still to make her debut --

Example: step-v: direction only

        A Ford takeover of Jaguar would ``have such implications for the balance of power in the 1990s that [General Motors]-1 can't afford *trace*-1 to step aside.

        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Rel: step
        Argm-dir: aside

Example: step-v: with arg2

        Institutions, meanwhile, stepped back to the sidelines as the direction of U.S. interest rates remained unclear.

        Arg1: Institutions
        Argm-tmp: meanwhile
        Rel: stepped
        Arg2: back to the sidelines
        Argm-tmp: as the direction of U.S. interest rates remained unclear

Example: step-v: args 0, 1 and 2

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

        2 . Iraqis do n't have garages at their houses . Thus , I would conclude that this guy has never stepped foot in Iraq

        Arg0: this guy
        Argm-neg: never
        Rel: stepped
        Arg1: foot
        Arg2: in Iraq

Example: step-n: just arg1

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

        Jack Hannah says that there is a sense of healing and as in the mighty steps of elephants there are small steps being made towards recovery /.

        Argm-adj: mighty
        Rel: steps
        Arg1: of elephants

Example: step-n: adjectival arg1

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

        The shackles of midlife make middle - aged steps heavy .

        Arg1: middle-aged
        Rel: steps

Example: step-n: all args

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

        A visit to the chateau enables you to begin the walk, following in her steps from devoted wife and mother to becoming a Doctor of the Church

        Arg1: her
        Rel: steps
        Arg3: from devoted wife and mother
        Arg2: to becoming a Doctor of the Church

Example: Wstep-n: ithin LVC, with action taken (arg 4)

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

        Fujitsu Ltd. 's top executive took the unusual step of publicly apologizing for his company 's making bids of just one yen for several local government projects , while computer rival NEC Corp. made a written apology for indulging in the same practice .

        Arg0: Fujitsu Ltd. 's top executive
        Argm-lvb: took
        Argm-adj: unusual
        Rel: step
        Arg4: of publicly apologizing for his company 's making bids of just one yen for several local government projects
        Argm-tmp: while computer rival NEC Corp. made a written apology for indulging in the same practice

Predicate: step_in

Roleset id: step_in.02 , enter, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

step_in.02: STEP_IN-V NOTES: No Vncls. (from step.02-v)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
step_in (v.)

Roles:

Arg1-PAG: entity entering

Example: step_in-v: entry of the gladiators

        International Paper or Weyerhaeuser could step in . ''

        Arg1: International Paper or Weyerhaeuser
        Argm-mod: could
        Rel: [ step] [ in]

Predicate: step_up

Roleset id: step_up.03 , increase incrementally, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

step_up.03: STEP_UP-V NOTES: No Vncls. (from step.03-v)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
step_up (v.)	Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale

Roles:

Arg0-PAG: cause of increase
Arg1-PPT: thing increasing

Example: step_up-v: automatically generated

        The offer, which follows a $55-a-share bid that was rejected in September, steps up pressure on the chemicals concern.

        Arg0: The offer , which follows a $ 55-a-share bid that was rejected in September ,
        Rel: [ steps] [ up]
        Arg1: pressure on the chemicals concern

Predicate: step_down

Roleset id: step_down.04 , resign, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

step_down.04: STEP_DOWN-V NOTES: No Vncls. (from step.04-v)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
step_down (v.)	Quitting

Roles:

Arg0-PAG: resigner
Arg1-DIR: position resigned

Example: step_down-v: resign

        He succeeds James A. Taylor, who-1 *trace*-1 stepped down as chairman, president and chief executive in March for health reasons.

        Arg0: *trace*-1 (= who)
        Argm-slc: who -> James A. Taylor
        Rel: [ stepped] [ down]
        Arg1: as chairman , president and chief executive
        Argm-tmp: in March
        Argm-cau: for health reasons

Predicate: step_aside

Roleset id: step_aside.05 , resign, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

step_aside.05: STEP_ASIDE-V NOTES: No Vncls. Added by Julia based on WSJ. (from step.05-v)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
step_aside (v.)

Roles:

Arg0-PAG: resigner
Arg1-PPT: job/position

Example: step_aside-v: both args

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

        Mr. Wall 's deputies complained that they had n't been given an opportunity to respond to the criticism brought out during the Banking Committee 's hearings , which Committee Chairman Henry Gonzalez -LRB- D. , Texas -RRB- has used as a forum to flay Mr. Wall 's handling of the affair and to demand that he step aside from his job .

        Arg0: he
        Rel: [step] [aside]
        Arg1: from his job