Predicate: build

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

Roleset id: build.01 , construct, vncls: 26.1-1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: builder (vnrole: 26.1-1-agent)
        Arg1: construction (vnrole: 26.1-1-product)
        Arg2: material, start state (vnrole: 26.1-1-material)
        Arg4: end state (vnrole: 26.1-1-product)

Example: basic

        Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs built the Apple I in a garage.

        Arg0: Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs
        Rel: built
        Arg1: the Apple I
        Argm-loc: in a garage

Example: theoretically possible start state

        John built his house of straw.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: built
        Arg1: his house
        Arg2: of straw

Roleset id: build.02 , grow, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: thing growing, building
        Arg1: place grown, substrate, material
        Arg2: amount increased by, EXT or MNR
        Arg3: start point
        Arg4: end point

Example: ergative

        [Pressures]-2 began *trace*-2 to build.

        Arg1: *trace*-2
        Rel: build

Example: with substrate

        But it's building on a long tradition.

        Argm-dis: But
        Arg0: it
        Rel: building
        Arg1: on a long tradition

Example: with end state - into

        They built Quebecor into an integrated paper, publishing, and printing concern.

        Arg0: They
        Rel: built
        Arg1: Quebecor
        Arg4: into an integrated paper, publishing, and printing concern.

Example: with end state - to

        GM built its cash reserves to $5.5 billion.

        Arg0: GM
        Rel: built
        Arg1: its cash reserves
        Arg4: to $5.5 billion

Roleset id: build.03 , include, vncls: , framnet:

build.03: This will probably only occur with "build into", but I don't want to make a phrasal verb out of it.

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, entity causing some grouping
        Arg1: theme, thing being included in some group
        Arg2: group

Example: passivized

        Higher volatility gets built into the stock market.

        Arg1: Higher volatility
        Rel: built
        Arg2: into the stock market


Predicate: build_up

build_up: Basically the same as 'construct' roleset id="build.04" of 'build'

Roleset id: build.05 , build up: cause to be bigger, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: builder
        Arg1: construction, bigger thing
        Arg2: amount of change, EXT
        Arg3: start point
        Arg4: end point, end state of arg1

Example: mmmm, pulp

        He built up the pulp and paper segment of the company.

        Arg0: He
        Rel: built up
        Arg1: the pulp and paper segment of the company

Example: unaccusative

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

        Plaintiffs' lawyers say that buildings become ``sick'' when
        inadequate fresh air and poor ventilation systems lead pollutants
        to build up inside.

        Arg1: pollutants
        Rel: build up
        Argm-loc: inside

Example: with end point

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

        Even Peter Lynch, manager of Fidelity's $12.7 billion Magellan
        Fund, the nation's largest stock fund, built up cash to 7% or $850
        million.

        Argm-dis: Even
        Arg0: Peter Lynch, manager of Fidelity's $12.7 billion Magellan Fund, the nation's largest stock fund
        Rel: built up
        Arg1: cash
        Arg4: to 7% or $850 million