Predicate: cap

cap: Frames file for 'cap' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entries 9.9 and 47.8, other framed members include label, contain, dominate, miss, surround, and top. Framenet class Closure. Comparison with top and end.

Roleset id: cap.01 , put the top on, vncls: 9.9 47.8, framnet: Closure

Roles:

        Arg0: putter of top, agent (vnrole: 9.9-agent)
        Arg1: thing topped (vnrole: 9.9-destination, 47.8-theme2)
        Arg2: top (vnrole: 9.9-theme, 47.8-theme1)

Example: all args

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

        John capped the bottle of ketchup with a wad of tinfoil.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: capped
        Arg1: the bottle of ketchup
        Arg2: with a wad of tinfoil

Example: instrumental subject, passive too

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

        The bottle of ketchup is capped *trace* by a wad of tinfoil.

        Rel: The bottle of ketchup
        Arg1: capped
        Arg2: by a wad of tinfoil

Example: population cap

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

        Beijing-1 hopes *PRO*-1 to cap its population at 1.6 billion by the year 2050 .

        Arg0: *PRO*-1 (= Beijing)
        Rel: cap
        Arg1: its population
        Arg2: at 1.6 billion
        Argm-tmp: by the year 2050

Roleset id: cap.02 , bring to an end, vncls: , framnet:

cap.02: These two rolesets could perhaps be merged, since the latter is largely a metaphorical extension of the former.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of ending, agent
        Arg1: Thing ending
        Arg2: Explicit instrument, thing ended with

Example: instrumental subject

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

        The offer capped a week of rumors that Georgia-Pacific , an
        Atlanta-based forest-products company , was considering making a
        bid for Nekoosa, a paper-products concern based in Norwalk,
        Conn.

        Arg0: The offer
        Rel: capped
        Arg1: a week of rumors that Georgia-Pacific, an Atlanta-based forest-products company, was considering making a bid for Nekoosa, a paper-products concern based in Norwalk, Conn

Example: with agent

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

        John capped his week of debauchery with tea and scones at the palace.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: capped
        Arg1: his week of debauchery
        Arg2: with tea and scones at the palace