Predicate: blow

Roleset id: blow.01 , cause motion by air current, vncls: 23.2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: wind (vnrole: 23.2-agent)
        Arg1: thing being moved (vnrole: 23.2-patient1)
        Argm: path or medium

Example: ergative intransitive

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

        Battle-tested Japanese industrial managers here always buck up
        nervous newcomers with the tale of the first of their countrymen
        to visit Mexico , [a boatload]-3 of samurai warriors blown *trace*-3
        ashore 375 years ago.

        Rel: blown
        Arg1: *trace*-3
        Argm-dir: ashore
        Argm-tmp: 375 years ago

Roleset id: blow.11 , waste, consume, use, vncls: 66.1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, one wasting stuff (vnrole: 66.1-agent)
        Arg1: theme, stuff wasted (vnrole: 66.1-theme)
        Arg2: recipient, what stuff was wasted on (vnrole: 66.1-recipient)

Example: Sunday hangover

        I blew 100 dollars on scotch at the bar last night.

        Arg0: I
        Rel: blew
        Arg1: 100 dollars
        Arg2: on scotch
        Argm-loc: at the bar
        Argm-tmp: last night

Roleset id: blow.02 , create, shape by blowing air, vncls: 26.1, framnet:

blow.02: Perhaps also "John blew his soup cooler." If you can say that at all.

Roles:

        Arg0: shaper (vnrole: 26.1-agent)
        Arg1: thing worked on (vnrole: 26.1-material)
        Arg2: end state, if different from arg1 (vnrole: 26.1-product)

Example: all args

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

        John blew the molten glass into a delicate bottle.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: blew
        Arg1: the molten glass
        Arg2: into a delicate bottle

Roleset id: blow.03 , oral sex, vncls: 40.3.2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: giver (vnrole: 40.3.2-agent)
        Arg1: getter (vnrole: 40.3.2-recipient)

Example: you were waiting for it

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

        John....oh, never mind.


Roleset id: blow.04 , like the wind, vncls: 47.2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg1: wind (vnrole: 47.2-theme)
        Argm: direction or location or extent

Example: agentive intransitive

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

        ``For there to be wind in the sails of any program, [the chief
        executive]-1 has *trace*-1 to be blowing in the sails,'' says
        Rep. Burton.

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: blowing
        Argm-loc: in the sails

Roleset id: blow.08 , explode, vncls: , framnet:

blow.08: I don't think this can take any other args, unlike the corresponding 'explode' sense of 'blow up'.

Roles:

        Arg0: cause of explosion
        Arg1: thing exploding
        Arg2: entity damaged, damage caused by explosion

Example: unaccusative

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

        One local Phillips manager said a seal blew in one of the plant's
        reactors.

        Arg1: a seal
        Rel: blew
        Argm-loc: in one of the plant's reactors

Example: With cause, colloquial

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

        This blows my mind .

        Arg0: this
        Rel: blows
        Arg1: my mind

Example: explosion and damage

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

        17 sailors were killed and dozens were injured when-2 the explosion blew a huge hole into the hull of the Navy destroyer as it was refueling in Aden *T*-2.

        Arg1: the explosion
        Rel: blew
        Arg2: a huge hole into the hull of the Navy destroyer as it w
        Argm-tmp: as it was refueling in Aden
        Argm-tmp: *T*-2

Roleset id: blow.09 , sound, like a trumpet, vncls: 23.2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: player (vnrole: 23.2-agent)
        Arg1: trumpet (vnrole: 23.2-patient)

Example: transitive

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

        But unlike London, out here I've never heard anybody blow a car
        horn in anger.

        Arg0: anybody
        Rel: blow
        Arg1: a car horn
        Argm-mnr: in anger

Example: also ergative

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

        John heard the trumpets blow and the drums beat.

        Arg1: the trumpets
        Rel: blow

Roleset id: blow.10 , make an error, vncls: 40.3.2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: errer (vnrole: 40.3.2-agent)
        Arg1: error (vnrole: 40.3.2-theme)

Example: oops, I did it again

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

        ``I blew it,'' Mr. Motley says apologetically.

        Arg0: I
        Rel: blew
        Arg1: it


Predicate: blow_up

Roleset id: blow.05 , inflate, vncls: 26.1, framnet:

blow.05: I doubt the higher numbered args will appear. Or I could be wrong.

Roles:

        Arg0: inflater, agent (vnrole: 26.1-agent)
        Arg1: thing grown (vnrole: 26.1-product)
        Arg2: amount increased by, EXT or MNR
        Arg3: start point
        Arg4: end point, end state of arg1

Example: balloons

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: perfect,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        ``[The balloon]-2 had been blown *trace*-2 up so big that when somebody
        came along with a pin -- in this case the UAL deal -- we got a
        little pop.''

        Rel: [ blown] [ up]
        Arg1: *trace*-2
        Arg4: so big that when somebody came along with a pin -- in this case the UAL deal -- we got a little pop

Roleset id: blow.06 , explode, vncls: 23.2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: causal agent (vnrole: 23.2-agent)
        Arg1: thing exploding (vnrole: 23.2-patient)
        Arg2: instrument (bomb) (vnrole: 23.2-patient1)

Example: ergative boom

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

        Last week, the strategy of playing the two experts off each other
        blew up.

        Argm-tmp: Last week
        Arg1: the strategy of playing the two experts off each other
        Rel: [ blew] [ up]

Example: agentive

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

        The representative responded that Noriega had numerous assets in
        place in Nicaragua and could accomplish many essential things,
        just as [Noriega]-1 had helped the U.S. the previous year in *trace*-1
        blowing up a Sandinista arsenal.''

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: [ blowing] [ up]
        Arg1: a Sandinista arsenal

Example: with instrument

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

        John blew up the anthill with a firecracker.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: blew up
        Arg1: the anthill
        Arg2: with a firecracker


Predicate: blow_out

Roleset id: blow.07 , explosive air motion, vncls: 23.2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: air (vnrole: 23.2-agent)
        Arg1: thing being moved (vnrole: 23.2-patient)

Example: boom

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

        The blasts blew out windows, spewed debris for miles and crumpled
        the ceiling in an area elementary school.

        Arg0: The blasts
        Rel: [ blew] [ out]
        Arg1: windows

Example: also ergative

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

        A company official said the explosions began when a seal blew
        out.

        Arg1: a seal
        Rel: [ blew] [ out]
        Argm-tmp: when