Predicate: cover

cover: Frames file for 'cover' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus.

Roleset id: cover.01 , has responsibility for, handles, vncls: , framnet: -

cover.01: VN updated by Julia. No Vncls, because of physicality constraints on fill-9.8 and contiguous_location-47.8, but this can be construed as a metaphorical extension of those classes.

Roles:

        Arg0: coverer
        Arg1: thing covered
        Arg2: instrument, covered by

Example: agentive subject

        Market-makers-1 are shopping *trace*-1 to cover book requirements in
        FTSE 100 shares.

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: cover
        Arg1: book requirements in FTSE 100 shares.

Example: instrumental subject

        The training wage covers only workers who are 16 to 19 years old.

        Arg2: The training wage
        Rel: covers
        Argm-adv: only
        Arg1: workers who are 16 to 19 years old

Example: passive

        At least costs-1 should be covered *trace*-1.

        Argm-adv: At least
        Argm-mod: should
        Rel: covered
        Arg1: *trace*-1

Roleset id: cover.02 , smear, put over, vncls: 9.8 47.8, framnet: Filling , Adorning , Eclipse

cover.02: Updated by Julia. Member of VNcls fill-9.8 and contiguous_location-47.8.

Roles:

        Please note the similarity between the two rolesets. Arg2 may occur as subject in either sense, but potentially more often in cover.01. Use cover.02 for physical covering.
        Arg0: causer of covering (vnrole: 9.8-agent)
        Arg1: thing covered (vnrole: 9.8-destination, 47.8-theme2)
        Arg2: covered with (vnrole: 9.8-theme, 47.8-theme1)

Example: lunchtime

        John covered the bread with peanut butter.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: covered
        Arg1: the bread
        Arg2: with peanut butter

Example: Arg2 as active subject

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

        The substance covered the ground completely .

        Arg2: The substance
        Rel: covered
        Arg1: the ground
        Argm-ext: completely

Roleset id: cover.03 , broadcast, vncls: , framnet: Topic

Roles:

        Arg0: news organization, media
        Arg1: event, thing covered

Example: broadcast news

        Give television-1 a chance *trace*-1 to cover live any breaking of the law...

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: cover
        Argm-mnr: live
        Arg1: any breaking of the law


Predicate: cover_up

Roleset id: cover.04 , obscure, vncls: 9.8, framnet: -

Roles:

        Arg0: coverer (vnrole: 9.8-agent)
        Arg1: thing covered (vnrole: 9.8-theme)

Example: CYA

        [Its officials and utility subsidiaries]-1 tried *trace-1* to cover up their
        accounting for spare parts *trace-2* to evade federal income taxes.

        Arg0: *trace-1*
        Rel: cover up
        Arg1: their accounting for spare parts
        Argm-prp: *trace-2* to evade federal income taxes


Predicate: cover_over

Roleset id: cover.05 , cover completely, vncls: , framnet: -

cover.05: Added by Julia based on Brown corpus. Comparison to close_over. No Vncls.

Roles:

        Note that in this usage, 'over' is not construed as the head of a PP because what would then be the PP would not end up being the location of the covering, but rather the thing covered.
        Arg0: agent
        Arg1: thing being covered
        Arg2: the cover itself

Example: all args

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

        They -1 wet the lightweight cloth in a basin and *trace*-1 covered it over with clay that Argiento brought from the bank of the Tiber

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: [covered] [over]
        Arg1: it
        Arg2: with clay that Argiento brought from the bank of the Tiber.