Predicate: close

close: Frames file for 'close' based on first 50 or so sentences from big corpus

Roleset id: close.01 , shut, vncls: 40.3.2 45.4, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: person doing the closing (vnrole: 40.3.2-agent, 45.4-agent)
        Arg1: thing closing (vnrole: 40.3.2-patient, 45.4-patient)
        Arg2: anti-beneficiary

Example: transitive agentive

        Investors-1 want *trace*-1 to close its doors for good.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: to close
        Arg1: its doors
        Argm-mnr: for good

Example: ergative, sorta adjectival

        Paris, Brussels, and Milan were closed for a holiday.

        Arg1: Paris, Brussels, and Milan
        Rel: were closed
        Argm-pnc: for a holiday

Example: with 'beneficiary'

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

        Now [the wildlife refuge]-1 has been closed [*-1] to the industry,
        possibly for years.

        Argm-tmp: Now
        Rel: closed
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Arg2: to the industry
        Argm-tmp: possibly for years

Roleset id: close.02 , terminate, vncls: , framnet:

close.02: in this corpus, primarily of stocks

Roles:

        Arg1: thing closing
        Argm: MNR- up, down, or unchanged
        Argm: EXT- end point

Example: with EXT

        Cray Research closed yesterday at $38 in NYSE composite trading.

        Arg1: Cray Research
        Rel: closed
        Argm-tmp: yesterday
        Argm-ext: at $38
        Argm-loc: in NYSE composite tradeing.

Example: and again

        The FTSE index closed 17.5 points higher at 2160.1

        Arg1: The FTSE index
        Rel: closed
        Argm-mnr: 17.5 points higher
        Argm-ext: at 2160.1

Roleset id: close.03 , come about, come to completion (as of deals), vncls: 45.4, framnet:

close.03: Beware of adjectival usages: We need to keep closer track of blue books. Warner Communications Inc is close to an agreement with Bugs Bunny.

Roles:

        Arg0: entity making the deal (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1: the deal (vnrole: 45.4-patient)

Example: ergative

        Sony's acquisition of Guber/Peters Entertainment closed Monday.

        Arg1: Son's acquisition of Guber/Peters Entertainment
        Rel: closed
        Argm-tmp: Monday

Example: transitive/agentive

        Armstrong will close the sale of the color unit in late November.

        Arg0: Armstrong
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: close
        Arg1: the sale of the color unit
        Argm-tmp: in late November

Roleset id: close.06 , become nearer, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg1: entity in motion
        Arg2: target

Example: here they come!

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

        Another guy who thinks they're out there and closing fast is
        Whitley Strieber, whose new novel, ``Majestic'' (Putnam, 317
        pages, $18.95), takes a look at a reported 1947 UFO crash near the
        Roswell Army Air Field in a New Mexico desert.

        Arg1: they
        Rel: closing
        Argm-mnr: fast


Predicate: close_down

Roleset id: close.04 , close down: terminate, vncls: , framnet:

close.04: Much the same as the "shut" roleset id="close.05" above. Watch out for "stocks closed down 15% yesterday"

Roles:

        Arg0: person doing the closing
        Arg1: thing closing

Example: agentive

        John closed down the unprofitable business.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: closed down
        Arg1: the unprofitable business.


Predicate: close_off

Roleset id: close.05 , close off: shut, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: person doing the closing
        Arg1: thing closing
        Arg2: anti-beneficiary

Example: spam spam spam, glorious spam

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

        ``Why anyone-2 would want [*-2] to close themselves off (from direct
        mail), a priori, doesn't make any sense,'' says Michael Bronner of
        Bronner Slosberg Associates, a Boston directmail firm.

        Arg0: [*-2]
        Rel: close off
        Arg1-rec: themselves
        Arg2: from direct mail


Predicate: close_in

Roleset id: close.07 , close in: become nearer, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg1: entity in motion
        Arg2: target

Example: all args

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

        But yesterday, as Atlantis rumbled into a patch of clear sky above
        Florida with storm clouds closing in on it, NASA sought to turn
        Galileo into a symbol of triumph.

        Arg1: storm clouds
        Rel: closing in
        Arg2: on it


Predicate: close_over

Roleset id: close.08 , seal from the top, vncls: , framnet: -

close.08: Added by Julia based on Brown corpus. Comparison to seal. No Vncls

Roles:

        Note that in this usage, 'over' can not be construed as the head of a PP, because that PP would end up being a location, and in this case, what would follow 'over' is the thing being sealed.
        Arg0: agent
        Arg1: thing becoming sealed

Example: clumsy tourists

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

        They closed over the mound excavation to keep tourists from falling in.

        Arg0: They
        Rel: closed over
        Arg1: the mound excavation
        Argm-prp: to keep tourists from falling in.

Example: arg1 as subject

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

        They had closed over , absolutely , with the sealing of old Izaak 's grave .

        Arg1: They
        Rel: closed over
        Argm-ext: absolutely
        Argm-adv: with the sealing of old Izaak's grave