Predicate: buzz

buzz: Frames file for 'buzz' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: buzz.01 , to make a buzzing sound, vncls: 38 43.2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: entity buzzing (vnrole: 43.2-agent, 38-agent)
        Arg1: thing buzzing about (vnrole: 43.2-theme, 38-theme)

Example: intransitive

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

        For those hoping [*] to see a modicum of political normalcy restored -- in view of Greece 's eight-year misadventure under autocratic pseudosocialism and subsequent three-month hitch with a conservative-communist coalition government -- there is but one bright sign : The scandals still encircling former Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou and his fallen socialist government are like flies buzzing around a rotting carcass .

        Arg0: flies
        Rel: buzzing
        Argm-loc: around a rotting carcass

Example: buzz about

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

        [Conference attendees]*-1 are expected [*-1] to be buzzing about the workings of the recently formed Resolution Trust Corp. , a federal agency charged [*] with [*] disposing of an estimated $ 200 billion [*U*] of real estate dumped [*] in government hands by insolvent savings and loans .

        Arg0: [*-1]
        Rel: buzzing
        Arg1: about the workings of the recently formed Resolution Trust Corp. , a federal agency charged [*] with [*] disposing of an estimated $ 200 billion [*U*] of real estate dumped [*] in government hands by insolvent savings and loans

Roleset id: buzz.02 , to be filled with, vncls: , framnet:

buzz.02: Corresponds to VN class bulge-47.5.3.

Roles:

        Arg0: entity buzzing (vnrole: 47.5.3-location)
        Arg1: entity buzzing with (vnrole: 47.5.3-theme)

Example: buzz with

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        The advertising industry is buzzing with rumors that Kentucky Fried Chicken will
        drop Young & Rubicam and seek a new ad agency .

        Arg0: The advertising industry
        Rel: buzzing
        Arg1: with rumors that Kentucky Fried Chicken will drop Young & Rubicam and seek a new ad agency

Roleset id: buzz.04 , visit briefly but noisily, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: visitor
        Arg1: destination

Example: whirlwind tour

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

        The chief economist of Merrill Lynch & Co. finds himself in
        such a position as he buzzes the Midwest on his first road trip
        since backpedaling on a major prediction.

        Arg0: he
        Rel: buzzes
        Arg1: the Midwest
        Argm-loc: on his first road trip since backpedaling on a major prediction


Predicate: buzz_off

Roleset id: buzz.03 , buzz off: to go away, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: entity leaving

Example: intransitive

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

        Even if a grower beats them back , his $ 2,000 [*U*] rented bees might buzz off to the neighbors ' orchards instead of pollinating his , Mr. Broderick says [0] [*T*-1] .

        Arg0: his $ 2,000 [*U*] rented bees
        Argm-mod: might
        Rel: [ buzz] [ off]
        Argm-dir: to the neighbors ' orchards