Predicate: connect

Roleset id: connect.01 , attach, vncls: 22.1-2-1, framnet: Attaching , Make_cognitive_connection

connect.01: Based on financial subcorpus, automatic expansion via verbnet. Member of VNcls mix-22.1-2-1.

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, entity doing the tying (vnrole: 22.1-2-1-agent)
        Arg1: patient, thing(s) being tied (each gets its own arg1) (vnrole: 22.1-2-1-patient)
        Arg2: instrument, string

Example: plural arg1

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

        Machines using the 486 are expected to challenge higher-priced
        work stations and minicomputers in applications such as so-called
        servers, which-1 *trace*-1 connect groups of computers together, and
        in computer-aided design.

        Arg0: *trace*-1 (= which)
        Argm-slc: which -> so-called servers
        Rel: connect
        Arg1: groups of computers
        Argm-mnr: together

Example: conjoined arg1's

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

        It is a maze of halls that-1 *trace*-1 connects film rooms, elaborate
        spas and weight-training centers that testify to a richer, more
        free-spending era.

        Arg0: *trace*-1 (= that)s
        Argm-slc: that -> a maze
        Rel: connects
        Arg1: film rooms, elaborate spas and weight-training centers that testify to a richer, more free-spending era

Example: split arg1's

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

        The subsidiary also increased reserves by $140 million, however,
        and set aside an additional $25 million for claims-1 connected
        *trace*-1 with
        Hurricane Hugo.

        Rel: connected
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg1: with Hurricane Hugo

Example: with instrument

        John connected the fragments of his coffee cup with duct tape.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: connected
        Arg1: the fragments of his coffee cup
        Arg2: with duct tape