Predicate: catch

catch: Frames file for 'catch' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet class get-13.5.1, other framed members include buy, call, find, gain, get, order, pull, reach, and win. Comparison with 'get'.

Roleset id: catch.01 , get, vncls: 13.5.1, framnet:

catch.01: Roleset abbreviated from get. Latter examples might be parsed as [a long fly ball from his two-year-old daughter].

Roles:

        Arg0: receiver (vnrole: 13.5.1-agent)
        Arg1: thing gotten (vnrole: 13.5.1-theme)
        Arg2: giver (vnrole: 13.5.1-source)

Example: no giver

        Inexplicably costumed as a rabbinical student, tottering around on
        lifts, Mr. Shicoff hardly seemed [the fellow]-2 *trace*-2 to catch a
        fancy cocotte's eye.

        Arg0: *trace*-2
        Rel: catch
        Arg1: a fancy cocotte's eye

Example: with giver

        John caught a long fly ball from his two-year old daughter.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: caught
        Arg1: a long fly ball
        Arg2: from his two-year old daughter

Roleset id: catch.02 , come upon, find, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: events, usually
        Arg1: entity
        Arg2: attribute

Example: typical usage

        But the government's action, which [*T*] caught Jaguar
        management flat-footed,...

        Argm-rcl: which -> the government's action
        Arg0: [*T*]
        Rel: caught
        Arg1: Jaguar management
        Arg2: flat-footed

Roleset id: catch.03 , trap, vncls: , framnet:

catch.03: This latter example could be regarded as the attributive 'come upon' sense; at least the tagging is basically the same.

Roles:

        Arg0: trapper
        Arg1: trapped
        Arg2: trap, either place or instrument

Example: no trap mentioned

        [Program trading itself]-1 is merely caught *trace*-1 in the middle of
        this battle, unfairly labeled as the evil driving force of the
        marketplace.

        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Argm-adv: merely
        Rel: caught
        Argm-loc: in the middle of this battle
        Argm: unfairly labeled as the evil driving force of the marketplace

Example: with trap

        At the same time [it]-3 has been caught *trace*-3 in an earnings squeeze .

        Argm-tmp: At the same time
        Arg1: *trace*-3
        Rel: caught
        Arg2: in an earnings squeeze

Example: metaphorical trap?

        The scope of the improvement in the U.S. business caught some
        analysts by surprise.

        Arg0: The scope of the improvement in the U.S. business
        Rel: caught
        Arg1: some analysts
        Arg2: by surprise


Predicate: catch_up

Roleset id: catch.04 , catch up: come even with, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg1: entity in motion
        Arg2: goal

Example: stated goal

        Meanwhile, Shearson Lehman's Mr. Devario said that, to stay
        competitive, [the U.S. paper industry]-1 needs *trace*-1 to catch up
        with the European industry.

        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Rel: [ catch] [ up]
        Arg2: with the European industry

Example: no goal

        ``[They]-1 are going *trace*-1 to catch up,'' said David Claridge, an
        analyst with Hambrecht & Quist.

        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Rel: [catch] [up]

Roleset id: catch.07 , cause something to become entangled, vncls: , framnet: -

catch.07: Added by Julia based on Brown corpus. Comparison to entangle. No Vncls

Roles:

        Arg0: causer
        Arg1: entity becomeing caught
        Arg2: trap

Example: Adj/passive

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

        He-1 got caught up *trace*-1 into it and became a different person .

        Rel: caught up
        Arg1: *trace*-1: he
        Arg2: into it

Example: all args

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

        the wind caught it up in little eddies and threw it at the window

        Arg0: The wind
        Rel: [caught] [up]
        Arg1: it
        Arg2: in little eddies


Predicate: catch_on

Roleset id: catch.05 , catch on: become popular, vncls: , framnet:

catch.05: Latter examples nicely fronted.

Roles:

        Arg1: thing becoming popular
        Arg2: popular with whom?

Example: no audience

        ...its Amiga, which has slick graphics yet has been slow [*T*] to
        catch on.

        Argm-rcl: which -> its Amiga
        Arg0: [*T*]
        Rel: [catch] [on]

Example: with audience

        And, with many of his 70,000 workers, Mr. Smith's
        damn-the-torpedoes attitude has caught on.

        Argm-dis: And
        Arg2: with many of his 70,000 workers
        Arg1: Mr. Smith 's damn-the-torpedoes attitude
        Rel: [ caught] [ on]

Roleset id: catch.06 , catch on: become aware of, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: aware entity
        Arg1: aware of what?

Example: you can't fool me!

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

        At one point, the reader is two steps ahead of [Marlowe]-1 in *trace*-1
        catching on to a double identity scam -- and Marlowe is supposed
        to be the pro.

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: catching on
        Arg1: to a double identity scam