Predicate: bust

bust: Frames file for 'bust' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry, Framenet entry Escaping (as phrasal bust out).

Roleset id: bust.01 , break, vncls: , framnet:

bust.01: Inchoative need not include the pieces argument.

Roles:

        Arg0: breaker
        Arg1: thing broken
        Arg2: instrument
        Arg3: pieces

Example: with predicate

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

        Toshiba Corp. busted open that sector this summer with a
        notebook-sized machine that retails for less than 200,000 yen
        (under $1,500) -- one of the smallest, cheapest PCs available in
        the country.

        Arg0: Toshiba Corp.
        Rel: busted
        ArgM-PRD: open
        Arg1: that sector
        ArgM-TMP: this summer
        Arg2: with a notebook-sized machine that retails for less than 200,000 yen (under $1,500) -- one of the smallest, cheapest PCs available in the country

Example: inchoative

        The window busted into a million pieces.

        Arg1: The window
        Rel: busted
        Arg3: into a million pieces

Roleset id: bust.02 , catch a criminal, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: cop(s)
        Arg1: criminal(s)

Example: good cop/bad cop

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

        John busted a notorious ring of jelly-bean smugglers.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: busted
        Arg1: a notorious ring of jelly-bean smugglers

Roleset id: bust.05 , catch ghosts, vncls: , framnet:

bust.05: This sense is an unfortunate relic of one particular article in the Treebank, and will probably never occur again.

Roles:

        Arg0: ghostbuster
        Arg1: ghost

Example: who ya gonna call?

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

        [They]-1 claim *trace*-1 to have busted spirits, poltergeists and other
        spooks in hundreds of houses around the country.

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: busted
        Arg1: spirits, poltergeists and other spooks
        ArgM-LOC: in hundreds of houses around the country


Predicate: bust_out

Roleset id: bust.03 , escape, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: escapee
        Arg1: escaped from

Example: not quite Alcatraz

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

        John busted out of Mary's basement.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: busted out
        Arg1: of Mary's basement


Predicate: bust_up

Roleset id: bust.04 , break up, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: causative agent
        Arg1: thing in pieces

Example: smithereens

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

        John busted up Mary's dining room table.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: busted up
        Arg1: Mary's dining room table