Predicate: carve

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

Roleset id: carve.01 , cut carefully, vncls: 21.2-2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: carver (vnrole: 21.2-2-agent)
        Arg1: thing carved (vnrole: 21.2-2-patient)
        Arg2: instrument (vnrole: 21.2-2-instrument)

Example: all args

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

        John carved the delicate vegetables with a chainsaw.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: carved
        Arg1: the delicate vegetables
        Arg2: with a chainsaw

Roleset id: carve.02 , create by carving, vncls: 26.1-1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: builder (vnrole: 26.1-1-agent)
        Arg1: construction (vnrole: 26.1-1-product)
        Arg2: material, start state (vnrole: 26.1-1-material)

Example: with other args

        John carved the block of ice into a swan.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: carved
        Arg2: the block of ice
        Arg1: into a swan

Example: order reversed

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

        John carved a swan out of a block of ice.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: carved
        Arg1: a swan
        Arg2: out of a block of ice


Predicate: carve_out

Roleset id: carve.03 , create variant, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: builder
        Arg1: construction
        Arg2: material, start state
        Arg3: benefactive
        Arg4: end state

Example: just transitive

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

        No federal court has ruled that the Voting Rights Act protects a
        white minority, but in June the Justice Department approved a
        districting plan for Birmingham that *trace* carves out three
        white-majority districts and six black-majority districts.

        Argm-rcl: that -> a districting plan
        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: [ carves] [ out]
        Arg1: three white-majority districts and six black-majority districts

Example: with benefactive

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

        The unusual situation in Birmingham vividly illustrates the
        divisive consequences of *trace* carving out safe districts for
        racial minorities.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: [ carving] [ out]
        Arg1: safe districts
        Arg3-for: racial minorities

Example: odd way to phrase start state/material

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

        But their ideal of an Afrikaner homeland, [an all-white reserve]-1
        *trace* *trace* to be carved *trace*-1 out of present-day South
        Africa, is a mainstream desire of the right-wing, which embraces
        about one-third of the country's five million whites.

        Rel: [ carved] [ out]
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg2: of present-day South Africa

Example: odd way to phrase end state

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

        But that has been the key to Compaq's success, he adds, whereas
        Dell carved out its market niche as a direct seller of low-cost
        but reliable computers -- and it might be too late in the game for
        a shift in strategy.

        Arg0: Dell
        Rel: [ carved] [ out]
        Arg1: its market niche
        Arg4: as a direct seller of low-cost but reliable computers