Predicate: break
Roleset id: break.01 , break, cause to not be whole, vncls: 23.2 40.8.3-1-1 45.1, framnet: Cause_harm , Compliance , Experience_bodily_harm , Cause_to_fragment , Render_nonfunctional , Breaking_off ,
break.01: Based on financial subcorpus. Member of VNcls split-23.2, hurt-40.8.3-1-1, break-45.1.
Roles:
Arg0: breaker (vnrole: 40.8.3-1-1-experiencer, 45.1-agent, 23.2-agent)
Arg1: thing broken (vnrole: 40.8.3-1-1-patient, 45.1-patient, 23.2-patient)
Arg2: instrument (vnrole: 45.1-instrument)
Arg3: pieces
Example: just transitive
Stock prices rallied as the Georgia-Pacific bid broke the market's
recent gloom.
Arg0: the Georgia-Pacific bid
Rel: broke
Arg1: the market's recent gloom
Example: with instrument
John broke the window with a rock.
Arg0: John
Rel: broke
Arg1: the window
Arg2: with a rock
Example: with pieces
John broke the window into a million pieces.
Arg0: John
Rel: broke
Arg1: the window
Arg3: into a million pieces
Example: inchoative
The window broke into a million pieces.
Arg1: The window
Rel: broke
Arg3: into a million pieces
Roleset id: break.02 , gain entry, vncls: , framnet:
break.02: No VN class.
Roles:
Arg0: enterer
Arg1: place/domain broken into
Example: not exactly a robbery
[All of Japan's so-called Big Four securities firms]-1 have suffered
setbacks in their attempts *trace*-1 to break into foreign markets.
Arg0: *trace*-1
Rel: break
Arg1: into foreign markets
Example: smooth criminal (as opposed to chunky?)
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
John broke into Mary's house and ate all of her peanut butter.
Arg0: John
Rel: broke
Arg1: into Mary's house
Roleset id: break.13 , happen, come to light (ergative version of break.15), vncls: 48.1.1, framnet:
break.13: Frame created by Jena. Member of VNcls appear-48.1.1.
Roles:
Arg1: thing coming to light (vnrole: 48.1.1-theme)
Example:
Before the scandal broke, he was getting more than 30% support in...
Arg1: the scandal
Rel: broke
Roleset id: break.15 , Bring to light, expose (transitive version of break.13), vncls: , framnet: -
break.15: No VNcls.
Roles:
Arg0: Journalist, exposer
Arg1: Story, thing exposed
Example: typical transitive
He-1 exercised good judgment in *PRO*-1 not breaking the Broaddrick story.
Arg0: *PRO*-1
Argm-neg: not
Rel: breaking
Arg1: the Broaddrick story
Roleset id: break.16 , separate one entity from another, vncls: 23.2 45.1, framnet: Cause_to_fragment, Breaking_apart
break.16: Member of VNcls split-23.2, break-45.1.
Roles:
Arg0: entity in movement (vnrole: 23.2-patient1, 45.1-patient)
Arg1: movement away from what (vnrole: 23.2-patient2)
Argm: PRD: secondary predication on arg0 (free, loose, etc)
Example: break free
We've helped people break free of the welfare cycle.
Arg0: people
Rel: break
Argm-prd: free
Arg1: of the welfare cycle
Example: break loose
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
A cow broke loose from a temporary pen and ran around a field and toward a playground during the spring carnival at Baywood Elementary
Arg0: A cow
Rel: broke
Argm-prd: loose
Arg1: from a temporary pen
Argm-tmp: during the spring carnival at Baywood Elementary
Predicate: break_away
Roleset id: break.14 , separate, withdraw, secede, vncls: , framnet:
break.14: Frame created by Jena
Roles:
Arg0: breaker
Arg1: break from
Example:
He-1 wished *-1 to break away from the all-pervasive practice of
* reporting aboriginal affairs from a purely Han Chinese perspective...
Arg0: *-1
Rel: [break][away]
Arg1: from the all-pervasive paractice of * reporting aboriginal affairs from a purely Han Chinese perspective
Predicate: break_down
Roleset id: break.11 , break down: start to cry, vncls: , framnet: -
break.11: Created by Jena. No VNcls.
Roles:
Arg0: crier
Arg1: tears
Example:
He broke down in tears once he got onto the things that had
hurt him.
Arg0: He
Rel: broke down
Arg1: in tears
Argm-tmp: once he got onto the things that had hurt him
Roleset id: break.12 , break down: become damaged, vncls: 45.1, framnet: Cause_to_fragment , Breaking_apart
break.12: Created by Jena. Member of VNcls break-45.1.
Roles:
Arg0: cause of breaking (vnrole: 45.1-agent)
Arg1: thing broken down (vnrole: 45.1-patient)
Example:
law and order has broken down
Arg1: law and order
Rel: [broken][down]
Example: both args
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
He broke down the cardboard boxes before cramming them in the recycle bin.
Arg0: He
Rel: [broke][down]
Arg1: the cardboard boxes
Argm-tmp: before cramming them in the recycle bin
Predicate: break_in
Roleset id: break.05 , break in: cause to be not-new (as shoes), vncls: , framnet:
break.05: No VNcls.
Roles:
Arg0: causative agent
Arg1: thing getting broken in
Example: new shoes
John-1 worked for a week *trace*-1 to break in his new ballet slippers.
Arg0: *trace*-1
Rel: break in
Arg1: his new ballet slippers
Roleset id: break.17 , utterance, vncls: , framnet: -
break.17: Added by Julia based on Brown corpus. Comparison to add.01. No VNcls.
Roles:
Arg0: speaker
Arg1: utterance
Example: sweeney
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: participle
He was about to make a gas check on his flight when Todman 's voice broke in : " Sweeneys ! ! "
Arg0: Todman's voice
Rel: [broke] [in]
Arg1: "Sweeneys!!"
Example: Alexander
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: ns
["That would be worse than useless"]-1 , Alexander broke in *trace*-1.
Arg0: Alexander
Rel: [broke] [in]
Arg1: *trace*-1
Predicate: break_off
Roleset id: break.03 , break off: cause to cease, vncls: , framnet: -
break.03: No VNcls.
Roles:
Arg0: causer, agent
Arg1: thing stopping
Example: agentive
Ford Motor Co. and Saab-Scania AB of Sweden broke off talks about
a possible alliance after Ford officials concluded that the cost
to modernize Saab's car operations would outweigh the likely
return.
Arg0: Ford Motor Co. and Saab-Scania AB of Sweden
Rel: [ broke] [ off]
Arg1: talks about a possible alliance
Argm-tmp: after Ford officials concluded that the cost to modernize Saab's car operations would outweigh the likely return
Example: ergative
Doug Hammond, the federal mediator in Seattle, where Boeing is
based, said the parties will continue to sit down daily until a
new settlement proposal emerges or the talks break off again.
Arg1: the talks
Rel: [ break] [ off]
Argm-tmp: again
Roleset id: break.04 , break off: snap off pieces, vncls: 23.2, framnet: -
break.04: See VNcls split-23.2
Roles:
Arg0: breaker (vnrole: 23.2-agent)
Arg1: piece(s) (vnrole: 23.2-patient1)
Arg2: whole (vnrole: 23.2-patient2)
Example: all args
John broke off a twig from the tree.
Arg0: John
Rel: [broke] [off]
Arg1: a twig
Arg2: from the tree
Predicate: break_out
Roleset id: break.06 , break out: introduce, vncls: 48.1.1, framnet: Process_start
break.06: See VNcls appear-48.1.1.
Roles:
Arg0: introducer
Arg1: thing introduced (vnrole: 48.1.1-theme)
Example: this is a weird usage
The company didn't break out its fourth-quarter results.
Arg0: The company
Argm-neg: n't
Rel: [ break] [ out]
Arg1: its fourth-quarter results
Example: party time
John broke out the bubbly.
Arg0: John
Rel: broke out
Arg1: the bubbly
Roleset id: break.07 , break out: acne, vncls: 45.1, framnet: -
break.07: No VNcls.
Roles:
Arg1: teenager (vnrole: 45.1-patient)
Example: poor John
The very day of class pictures, John broke out.
Argm-tmp: The very day of class pictures
Arg0: John
Rel: broke out
Roleset id: break.10 , break out: escape, vncls: , framnet: -
break.10: No VNcls.
Roles:
Arg0: escapee
Arg1: prison, etc
Example: figurative
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
``[December delivery gold]-1 is trading in a range of $365 to $375 (an
ounce) and is having difficulty [*]-1 breaking out above that,''
Mr. Savaiko said.
Arg0: [*]-1
Rel: [breaking] [out]
Argm-gol: above that
Example: both args
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Metallica broke out of the Metal underground.
Arg0: Metallica
Rel: [broke][out]
Arg1: of the Metal underground
Predicate: break_up
Roleset id: break.08 , break up: (cause to) not be in one piece, vncls: 45.1, framnet: Personal_relationship
break.08: Member of VNcls break-45.1.
Roles:
Arg0: causative agent (vnrole: 45.1-agent)
Arg1: thing in pieces (vnrole: 45.1-patient)
Arg2: pieces
Example: passive
One trial balloon Mr. Spiegel is said to have floated to investors
: Columbia-1 might be broken up *trace*-1, as Mellon Bank was split
into a good bank and a bad bank.
Argm-mod: might
Rel: [ broken] [ up]
Arg1: *trace*
Argm-mnr: as Mellon Bank was split into a good bank and a bad bank
Example: passive with pieces
Mr. Icahn has said he believes USX-1 would be worth more if *trace*-1
broken up *trace*-1 into steel and energy segments.
Rel: [ broken] [ up]
Arg1: [*-2]
Arg2: into steel and energy segments
Example: active
John broke the window up into a zillion pieces.
Arg0: John
Rel: broke up
Arg1: the chocolate
Arg2: into a zillion pieces
Predicate: break_even
Roleset id: break.09 , break even: not win, not lose, vncls: , framnet: -
break.09: No VNcls.
Roles:
Arg1: patient
Example: break even
Old Stone repeated projections that it will be profitable for the
fourth quarter and will about break even for the year.
Arg1: it
Argm-mod: will
Argm-adv: about
Rel: [ break] [ even]
Argm-tmp: for the year