Predicate: bow

bow: Frames file for 'bow' based on annotation-on-the fly in the financial subcorpus and comparison with 'leave' (for 'bow_out')

Roleset id: bow.01 , bend at waist, vncls: 40.3.3, framnet:

bow.01: The metaphorical usage could be referred to as "defer to". Corresponds to VN classes acquiesce-95, curtsey-40.3.3.

Roles:

        Arg0: bower (vnrole: 40.3.3-agent, 95-actor1)
        Arg1: bowed to (vnrole: 40.3.3-recipient, 95-actor2)

Example: made up

        John bowed to the King of Spain.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: bowed
        Arg1: to the King of Spain

Example: metaphorical

        John bowed to the superior experience of his mother.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: bowed
        Arg1: to the superior experience of his mother

Roleset id: bow.02 , bend, vncls: 47.3 47.6 50, framnet:

bow.02: This seems to the same roleset, and is closely related, but the word is pronounced differently--[boh] rather than [bau].

Roles:

        Arg1: thing bending (vnrole: 47.6-theme, 47.3-theme, 50-agent)

Example: bend

        I saw a steel beam bow six feet from where I was sitting.

        Arg1: a steel beam
        Rel: bow
        Argm-loc: six feet from where I was sitting

Roleset id: bow.03 , fail, vncls: , framnet:

bow.03: This sentence makes no sense to me. No corresponding VN class.

Roles:

        Arg1: thing failing

Example:

        Eighteen months ago a disposable seven-day model bowed.

        Argm-tmp: Eighteen months ago
        Arg1: a disposable seven-day model
        Rel: bowed


Predicate: bow_down

Roleset id: bow.04 , bend at waist, more emphatically, vncls: , framnet:

bow.04: No corresponding VN class for verb particle construction.

Roles:

        Arg0: bower
        Arg1: bowed to

Example: worship

        The Bible forbids [us]-1 *trace*-1 to bow down to graven images.

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: bow down
        Arg1: to graven images


Predicate: bow_out

Roleset id: bow.06 , exit, leave, vncls: 82-1, framnet:

bow.06: Corresponds to VN class Withdraw-82-1.

Roles:

        Arg0: entity leaving (vnrole: 82-1-agent)
        Arg1: place left (vnrole: 82-1-source)

Example: not a physical place left

        New England Electric bowed out of the bidding for Public Service of
        New Hampshire.

        Arg0: New England Electric
        Rel: bowed out
        Arg1: of the bidding for Public Service of New Hampshire.