Predicate: calm
calm: Frames file for 'calm' based on sentences in wsj and automatic
expansion via verbnet.
Roleset id: calm.01 , make calm, vncls: 31.1, framnet:
calm.01: Reserve the instrument case for sentences with both an agent and an
instrument.
Roles:
Arg0: agent of calming (vnrole: 31.1-Cause)
Arg1: entity becoming calm (vnrole: 31.1-Experiencer)
Arg2: instrument of calming
Example: just transitive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive
He said he's upset that [Mr. Phelan]-2, *trace* trying *trace*-2 to
calm investors after the plunge, said that investors would simply
have to get used to the market's big price swings.
Arg0: *trace*-2
Rel: calm
Arg1: investors
Example: ergative!
"in midafternoon" goes with showing signs, not calming.
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
Dealers said [London]-1 showed signs of *trace*-1 calming in
midafternoon...
Arg1: *trace*-1
Rel: calming
Example: all args
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive
In an unusual move, [several funds]-2 moved *trace*-2 to calm investors
with recordings on their toll-free phone lines.
Arg0: *trace*-2
Rel: calm
Arg1: investors
Arg2: with recordings
ArgM-LOC: on their toll-free phone lines
Predicate: calm_down
Roleset id: calm.02 , make calm, with particle, vncls: 42.3, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: agent of calming (vnrole: 42.3-Agent)
Arg1: entity becoming calm (vnrole: 42.3-Patient)
Arg2: instrument of calming (vnrole: 42.3-Instrument)
Example: ergative with particle
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: perfect, voice: active, form: full
Mideast politics have calmed down and the squabbling within the
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries seems under control
for now.
Arg1: Mideast politics
Rel: [ calmed] [ down]