Predicate: contrive
Roleset id: contrive.01 , To plan, to bring about a process or activity, vncls: , framnet:
contrive.01: Roleset based on parallel additions to VN, PB and sense groupings. No appropriate VN class found. Framed by Claire.
Roles:
Arg0: Planner, contriver
Arg1: Action or event planned, caused
Example: Infinitival complement
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Did Stalin contrive to get power in the bargain?
Arg0: Stalin
Rel: contrive
Arg1: to get power in the bargain
Example: Inanimate cause
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Moisture, dust, and debris will all contrive to ruin your engine.
Arg0: Moisture, dust, and debris
Argm-mod: will
Rel: contrive
Arg1: to ruin your engine.
Example: NP complement
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
She is contriving the death of her own son.
Arg0: She
Rel: contriving
Arg1: the death of her own son
Roleset id: contrive.02 , To invent, create, vncls: 26.4, framnet:
contrive.02: Roleset based on parallel additions to VN, PB, and sense groupings. VerbNet entry create-26.4. Framed by Claire.
Roles:
Arg0: inventor (vnrole: 26.4-agent)
Arg1: thing invented (vnrole: 26.4-product)
Arg2: source material, contrived from what? (vnrole: 26.4-material)
Arg3: benefactive, contrived for whom? (vnrole: 26.4-beneficiary)
Example: Transitive with source
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
He contrived this water-pipe out of a can.
Arg0: He
Rel: contrived
Arg1: this water-pipe
Arg2: out of a can
Example: With benefactive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
In 1820 he contrived the first cultivator for seed beds.
Argm-tmp: In 1820
Arg0: he
Rel: contrived
Arg1: the first cultivator
Arg3: for seed beds