Predicate: whirl

Roleset id: whirl.01 , move in a circle or spiral, quickly, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

whirl.01: WHIRL-V NOTES: Frames file for 'whirl' based on sentences in brown. Verbnet entries 9.6, 51.3.1 (from whirl.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
whirl (v.)

Roles:

        Arg1-PPT: thing in motion (vnrole: 9.6-Theme, 51.3.1-Theme)
        Arg2-LOC: axis (rare) (vnrole: 9.6-Location)

Example: whirl-v: straight intransitive

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

        They whirled and saw him, standing there dim in the slatted light from the boarded freight wall.

        Arg1: They
        Rel: whirled

Example: whirl-v: particle as axis

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

        He whirled around, suddenly hot all over, finding the man who had been standing before him a few moments back, nailing him to thespot on which he now stood, open-mouthed.

        Arg1: He
        Rel: whirled
        Arg2: around

Example: whirl-v: not an axis

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

        [A tune]-1 began [*-1]to whirl inside his head .

        Arg1: [*-1]
        Rel: whirl
        Argm-loc: inside his head

Example: whirl-v: a real axis

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

        John whirled around the fencepost.

        Arg1: John
        Rel: whirled
        Arg2: around the fencepost

Roleset id: whirl.02 , natural disaster: tornado (usually fire), Source: , vncls: , framnet:

whirl.02: WHIRL-N NOTES: Added by Julia in a Natural Disaster roleset endeavor. Comparison to tornado, twister. (from whirl.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
whirl (n.)
fire-whirl (n.)
fire_whirl (n.)

Roles:

        The "VSP" function tags on 'death/injury toll' and 'damages/cost' correspond to the RED cause relation.
        Arg1-PPT: additional mention of fire, element
        Arg2-EXT: rating/classification (F scale or types I-III)
        Arg3-VSP: death/injury toll
        Arg4-VSP: damages/cost
        Arg5-MNR: wind speed
        Arg6-EXT: diameter

Example: firewhirl-n: arg1, ADJ (because of our tagging conventions for relative clauses)

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

        Another extreme example of a fire tornado from other than a vegetation fire is the 1923 Great Kant? earthquake in Japan which ignited a large city-sized firestorm and produced a gigantic firewhirl that killed 38,000 in fifteen minutes in the Hifukusho-Atoregion of Tokyo.

        Argm-adj: gigantic
        Rel: firewhirl
        Arg3: that killed 38,000 in fifteen minutes in the Hifukusho-Ato region of Tokyo