Predicate: bring

bring: Frames file for 'bring' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus

Roleset id: bring.01 , carry along with, move literally or metaphorically, vncls: 11.3, framnet:

bring.01: Follow PReditor's suggestions for phrasal brings--the particle is often the same as an attribute, but they can cooccur (eg "bring in as president").

Roles:

        Arg0: bringer (vnrole: 11.3-agent)
        Arg1: thing brought (vnrole: 11.3-theme)
        Arg2: benefactive or destination brought-for, brought-to, (vnrole: 11.3-destination)
        Arg3: attribute, state after bringing
        Arg4: ablative, brought-from (vnrole: 11.3-source)

Example: active, benefactive

        She brought them shame.

        Arg0: She
        Rel: brought
        Arg2: them
        Arg1: shame

Example: active, attributive

        To distinguish between a destination/benefactive and an attribute in a "to__" PP, consider the following: A destination/benefactive HAS nearly 50 An attribute IS nearly 50 (The number of country funds IS nearly 50).
        The surge brings to nearly 50 the number of country funds that are
        listed in New York or London.

        Arg0: The surge
        Rel: brings
        Arg3: to nearly 50
        Arg1: the number of country funds that are listed in New York or London.

Example: with ablative

        [They]-2 may risk *trace*-2 bringing some damaging influence from outside
        the markets.

        Arg0: *trace*-2
        Rel: bringing
        Arg1: some damaging influence
        Arg4: from outside the markets.

Example: active, attributive again

        Bush administration officials are looking to [the Fed]-1 *trace*-1 to
        bring down rates.

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: bring
        Arg3: down
        Arg1: rates

Example: passive, attributive

        ...the Whiting field, the first of [five small fields]-2 scheduled
        *trace* to be brought *trace*-2 into production before the end of 1990.

        Arg1: *trace*-2
        Rel: brought
        Arg3: into production
        Argm-tmp: before the end of 1990

Roleset id: bring.LV , light verb, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg:


Predicate: bring_up

Roleset id: bring.02 , bring up: raise, vncls: 55.5-1, framnet:

bring.02: I don't know that all of these will be needed, but here they are just in case.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of rising, Agent (vnrole: 55.5-1-agent)
        Arg1: Logical subject, patient, thing rising (vnrole: 55.5-1-theme)
        Arg2: EXT, amount risen
        Arg3: Start point
        Arg4: End point
        Argm: Medium

Example: issues

        The meeting brought up important issues that everyone ignored.

        Arg0: The meeting
        Rel: brought up
        Arg1: important issues that everyone ignored

Example: children

        *trace* Bringing up children is hard on a graduate student's wages.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: bringing up
        Arg1: children


Predicate: bring_down

Roleset id: bring.03 , bring down: make fall, vncls: 11.3-1, framnet:

bring.03: I don't know that all of these will be needed, but here they are just in case.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of fall, Agent (vnrole: 11.3-1-agent)
        Arg1: Logical subject, patient, thing falling (vnrole: 11.31-theme)
        Arg2: EXT, amount fallen
        Arg3: Start point (vnrole: 11.3-1-source)
        Arg4: End point (vnrole: 11.3-1-destination)
        Argm: Medium

Example: the government

        The vote could have brought down Pakistan's government.

        Arg0: The vote
        Argm-mod: could
        Rel: brought down
        Arg1: Pakistan's government


Predicate: bring_along

Roleset id: bring.04 , bring along: accompany, vncls: 11.3, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: bringer (vnrole: 11.3-agent)
        Arg1: thing brought (vnrole: 11.3-theme)
        Arg2: benefactive, brought-for, brought-to (vnrole: 11.3-destination)
        Arg3: attribute
        Arg4: ablative, brought-from (vnrole: 11.3-source)

Example: bring along

        She could bring along her humility and a little thespian skill.

        Arg0: She
        Argm-mod: could
        Rel: bring along
        Arg1: her humility and a little thespian skill


Predicate: bring_about

Roleset id: bring.05 , bring about: cause to be, vncls: 27, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: causer (vnrole: 27-theme1)
        Arg1: thing coming to be (vnrole: 27-theme2)

Example: and there was light

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

        ``You're telling someone [they]*-1 can spend the next three or four or
        five or six years of their life [*-1] bringing about the most
        difficult and costly modernization of an information system on the
        civil side ever,'' Mr. Goldberg said.

        Arg0: [*-1]
        Rel: bringing about
        Arg1: the most difficult and costly modernization of an information system on the civil side ever