Predicate: bind

bind: Frames file for 'bind' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entries 9.8 and 22.3-2, Framenet entry Attaching.

Roleset id: bind.01 , attach tightly, vncls: 9.8 22.3-2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: attacher, agent (vnrole: 9.8-Agent, 22.3-2-Agent)
        Arg1: thing bound (vnrole: 9.8-Destination, 22.3-2-Patient1)
        Arg2: bound to what
        Arg3: with what (vnrole: 9.8-Theme)

Example: more or less clear

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

        Yet he is also firmly bound by his hard-line rhetoric and promises
        he made to anti-abortion activists during his long pursuit of the
        White House.

        ArgM-DIS: Yet
        Arg1: he
        ArgM-DIS: also
        ArgM-ADV: firmly
        Rel: bound
        Arg3: by his hard-line rhetoric and promises he made to anti-abortion activists during his long pursuit of the White House

Example: nasty trace chains

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

        The fundamental rule of contract law applied to both cases was
        that courts will not enforce agreements to which [the parties]-1 did
        not intend *trace*-1 to be bound *[*T]*.

        Rel: bound
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        ArgM-RCL: to which -> agreements
        Arg2: [*T]

Example: some kind of understood agreement?

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

        In the Pennzoil/Texaco litigation, the courts found [Pennzoil and
        Getty Oil]-3 intended *trace* to be bound *trace*-3; in Arcadian
        Phosphates they found there was no intention to be bound.

        Rel: bound
        Arg1: *trace*-3

Roleset id: bind.02 , be likely, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg1: thing that is likely

Example: raising verb!

        trace points to 'they', but leave that aside.
        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        They're bound *trace* to exaggerate.

        Rel: bound
        Arg1: *trace* to exaggerate

Example: more than likely

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

        In our system of advocacy, the trial lawyer is duty bound *trace*
        to present the best case he possibly can.''

        ArgM-LOC: In our system of advocacy
        ArgM-MNR: duty
        Rel: bound
        Arg1: *trace* to present the best case he possibly can

Roleset id: bind.03 , be destined for, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg1: thing destined
        Arg2: destiny

Example: glory bound

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

        [It]-1 is rumored *trace* to be bound *trace*-1 for a new model in the
        luxury Acura line in the U.S., but Honda officials wouldn't
        comment.

        Rel: bound
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg2: for a new model in the luxury Acura line in the U.S.


Predicate: bind_up

bind_up: Frames file for 'bind_up' based on sentences in ectb. Verbnet entries 9.8 and 22.3-2, Framenet entry Attaching. bind_up created by Jena

Roleset id: bind.04 , attach tightly, vncls: 9.8 22.3-2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: attacher, agent (vnrole: 9.8-Agent, 22.3-2-Agent)
        Arg1: thing bound (vnrole: 9.8-Destination, 22.3-2-Patient1)
        Arg2: bound to what
        Arg3: with what (vnrole: 9.8-Theme)

Example:

        For most people, [dishes such as these]-1 are forever bound *-1 up
        with the spirit of New Year.

        ArgM-ADV: For most people
        ArgM-TMP: forever
        Rel: [bound][up]
        Arg1: *-1
        Arg2: with the spirit of New Year