Predicate: sway

Roleset id: sway.01 , move, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

sway.01: SWAY-V NOTES: Frames file for 'sway' based on sentences in wsj. Framenet entry Suasion2. VN classes body_internal_motion-49 and modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3. (from sway.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
sway (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: causer (vnrole: 47.3-agent, 49-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing swaying (vnrole: 47.3-theme, 49-patient)
        Arg2-EXT: degree of motion

Example: normally intransitive

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

        Suddenly the woman begins swaying and then writhing.

        Arg1: the woman
        Rel: swaying

Example: occasionally with EXT

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

        Staffers at Thompson, whose offices are in the ultramodern Embarcadero Center, watched pictures drop from the walls and then felt the skyscraper sway seven to eight feet, according to a spokeswoman.

        Arg1: the skyscraper
        Rel: sway
        Arg2: seven to eight feet

Roleset id: sway.02 , persuade (per-sway-d?), Source: , vncls: , framnet:

sway.02: SWAY-V NOTES: Never in active? VN class urge-58.1. (from sway.02-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
sway (v.)
sway (n.)
hold_sway (l.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: persuader
        Arg1-PPT: persuaded
        Arg2-PRD: persuaded to do what?

Example: cause to change mind

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

        As a result, [many of those now planning to leave Hong Kong]-1 can't easily be swayed *trace*-1 by momentary improvements in the colony's political and economic climate.

        Argm-dis: As a result
        Argm-mod: ca
        Argm-neg: n't
        Argm-mnr: easily
        Rel: swayed
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg0: by momentary improvements in the colony's political and economic climate