Predicate: vow

Roleset id: vow.01 , to promise, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

vow.01: VOW-V NOTES: Frames file for 'vow' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. Comparison with 'promise'. (from vow.01-v predicate notes) VOW-N NOTES: Based on verb entry vow.01; no corresponding VN class. (from vow.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
vow (v.)Commitment
vow (n.)Commitment
make_vow (l.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: promiser, agent
        Arg1-PPT: promised action
        Arg2-GOL: promised to whom?

Example: transitive

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

        Also in Beirut , a Moslem group vowed [*-1] to kill Americans if the U.S. implements a policy [0][*T*-2] to seize suspects abroad .

        Argm-dis: Also
        Argm-loc: in Beirut
        Arg0: a Moslem group
        Rel: vowed
        Arg1: [*-1] to kill Americans if the U.S. implements a policy [0][*T*-2] to seize suspects abroad

Example: extracted Arg1

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

        [`` I 'm not going [*-1] to look stupid , '']-2 vows [*T*-2] former Pittsburgh Pirate second baseman Rennie Stennett , sweat dotting his brow as he prepares for some practice swings .

        Rel: vows
        Arg1: [*T*-2]
        Arg0: former Pittsburgh Pirate second baseman Rennie Stennett
        Argm-adv: sweat dotting his brow as he prepares for some practice swings

Example: Within LVC; args 0 & 1

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

        In the first " human rights wedding ceremony , " 36 couples took vows to respect each other 's human rights , creating the first " human rights families . "

        Argm-loc: In the first " human rights wedding ceremony
        Arg0: 36 couples
        Argm-lvb: took
        Rel: vows
        Arg1: to respect each other 's human rights
        Argm-adv: creating the first " human rights families . "

Example: With arg 2

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

        The bride actually sung her vows to her groom at the altar during the ceremony.

        Arg0: her
        Rel: vows
        Arg2: to her groom