Predicate: creep
Roleset id: creep.01 , manner of motion, vncls: 51.3.2 47.3 47.5.1-1, framnet: Self_motion
creep.01: Based on sentences in wsj. Member of VNcls run-51.3.2, modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3, swarm-47.5.1-1.
Roles:
'Up' is only one of many possible directions; expect to see also
'higher' 'back' and others.
Arg0: creeper (vnrole: 47.3-theme, 51.3.2-theme, 47.5.1-1-theme)
Arg1: path (vnrole: 47.3-location, 51.3.2-location, 47.5.1-1-location)
Example: creep up: not phrasal
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
Inventories are creeping up; car inventories are already high, and
big auto makers are idling plants.
Arg0: Inventories
Rel: creeping
Arg1: up
Predicate: creep_up
Roleset id: creep.02 , approach, vncls: , framnet: -
creep.02: See VNcls modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3, but verb particle construction is not member of VN.
Roles:
Arg0: creeper
Arg1: target
Example: creep up: phrasal
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: gerund
In Mr. Sohmer's film, by contrast, we are urged to share the
perverse excitement of the rapist creeping up on his victim, as
the camera ogles Kate in various stages of undress and lingers on
the sight of her trussed-up body during frequent flashbacks to the
rape.
Arg0: the rapist
Rel: [ creeping] [ up]
Arg1: on his victim