Predicate: bump

bump: Frames file for 'bump' based on sentences in wsj and automatic expansion via verbnet.

Roleset id: bump.01 , hit gently, vncls: 18.1-1 18.4-1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, hitter - animate only! (vnrole: 18.1-1-agent)
        Arg1: thing hit (vnrole: 18.1-1-patient, 18.4-1-theme)
        Arg2: instrument, thing hit by or with (vnrole: 18.1-1-instrument, 18.4-1-location)

Example: instrumental subject

        Sentiment was helped by the small gain made by New York stocks
        Wednesday despite anxiety over possible effects of the major
        earthquake that *trace* bumped northern California Tuesday.

        Argm-rcl: that -> the major earthquake
        Arg2: *trace*
        Rel: bumped
        Arg1: northern California
        Argm-tmp: Tuesday

Example: agentive

        John bumped the fence with a stick.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: bumped
        Arg1: the fence
        Arg2: with a stick

Roleset id: bump.02 , move slightly, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of motion
        Arg1: entity in motion
        Arg2: EXT
        Arg3: start point
        Arg4: end point
        Arg5: direction

Example: direction and end point

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

        Conceivably, in a scaled-back buy-out, [they]-2 could be bumped
        *trace*-2 back to coach seats for life.

        Argm-dis: Conceivably
        Argm-loc: in a scaled-back buy-out
        Argm-mod: could
        Rel: bumped
        Arg1: *trace*-2
        Arg5-dir: back
        Arg4: to coach seats for life

Example: agent and direction

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

        Yesterday, when similar securities rebounded, it bumped the
        valuation up again.

        Argm-tmp: Yesterday, when similar securities rebounded,
        Arg0: it
        Rel: bumped
        Arg1: the valuation
        Arg5-dir: up
        Argm-dis: again


Predicate: bump_up

Roleset id: bump.03 , collide, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg1: one thing in collision
        Arg2: the other (usually prepositional)

Example: different bump up

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

        Mr. Maynard isn't [the first entrepreneur]-1 *trace* *trace*-1 to bump
        up against entrenched interests.

        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Rel: [ bump] [ up]
        Arg2: against entrenched interests


Predicate: bump_off

Roleset id: bump.04 , assassinate, vncls: , framnet: -

bump.04: Added by Julia based on Brown corpus. Comparison to assassinate

Roles:

        Arg0: hit man
        Arg1: unlucky person

Example: those lazy Reactionaries

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

        [Why]-1 did n't the damn Reactionaries bump him off *-1? ?

        Argm-neg: n't
        Arg0: the damn Reactionaries
        Rel: [bump] [off]
        Arg1: him
        Argm-cau: *-1: [why]