Predicate: blast

blast: Frames file for 'blast' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 45.4, Framenet entries Perception noise and Judgment (that's two classes).

Roleset id: blast.01 , make a loud noise, vncls: 43.2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: causer, agent (vnrole: 43.2-agent)
        Arg1: source of loud noise, noise itself (vnrole: 43.2-theme)

Example: both args

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

        John blasted his stereo.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: blasted
        Arg1: his stereo

Roleset id: blast.02 , assign blame harshly, vncls: 45.4, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: blamer (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1: blamed (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
        Arg2: blamed for

Example: all args

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

        Kemper also blasted the Big Board for ignoring the interests of
        individual and institutional holders.

        Arg0: Kemper
        Argm-dis: also
        Rel: blasted
        Arg1: the Big Board
        Arg2: for ignoring the interests of individual and institutional holders

Example: unstated reason

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

        Considering how tenuous the security of that runway is anyway, the
        better option -- both morally and strategically -- would be for
        the Bush administration to blast the regime publicly, in terms
        clear enough for all influential Somalis to understand.

        Arg0: the Bush administration
        Rel: blast
        Arg1: the regime
        Argm-mnr: publicly
        Argm: in terms clear enough for all influential Somalis to understand

Roleset id: blast.04 , mode of motion, vncls: 51.3.2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: entity in motion (vnrole: 51.3.2-theme)

Example: 3-2-1-blastoff!

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

        The space shuttle Atlantis blasted into orbit from Cape Canaveral,
        Fla., and its crew of five astronauts launched the nuclear-powered
        Galileo space probe on a flight to the planet Jupiter.

        Arg0: The space shuttle Atlantis
        Rel: blasted
        Argm-dir: into orbit
        Argm-dir: from Cape Canaveral , Fla. ,

Roleset id: blast.05 , attack, usually with explosives, vncls: , framnet:

blast.05: Frame by Perryn

Roles:

        Arg0: blaster
        Arg1: blasted

Example: boom

        In October, two suicide bombers blasted a huge hole in the side of 'Cole'
        as it sat in the port of Aden.

        Argm-tmp: In October
        Arg0: two suicide bombers
        Rel: blasted
        Arg1: a huge hole in the side of 'Cole'
        Argm-tmp: as it sat in the port of Aden

Example: boom

        Two months after a bomb blasted its hull, the USS Cole is back in the US.

        Arg0: a bomb
        Rel: blasted
        Arg1: its hull


Predicate: blast_away

Roleset id: blast.03 , fire a gun haphazardly, vncls: 45.4, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: shooter (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1: target (vnrole: 45.4-patient)

Example: ghostbusters

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

        But they don't careen around in an old Cadillac, wear funny suits
        or blast away at slimy spirits.

        Argm-dis: But
        Arg0: they
        Argm-neg: n't
        Rel: [ blast] [ away]
        Arg1: at slimy spirits


Predicate: blast_off

Roleset id: blast.06 , take off, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: thing taking off

Example: take off

        The unmanned rocket blasted off this morning from Kazakhstan.

        Arg0: the unmanned rocket
        Rel: blasted off
        Argm-tmp: this morning
        Argm-dir: from kazakhstan