Predicate: cut

cut: Frames file for 'cut' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus and comparison with 'reduce'

Roleset id: cut.01 , slice, injur, vncls: 31.1 41.2.2 26.1-1 21.1-1 40.8.3-2 47.7 23.2, framnet: Cutting , Intentional_traversing , Change_direction , Cause_harm , Experience_bodily_harm

cut.01: VN, FN, Exs updated by Julia. Member of Vncls amuse-31.1, braid-41.2.2, build-26.1-1, cut-21.1-1, hurt-40.8.3-2, meander-47.7, split-23.2.

Roles:

        Arg0: intentional cutter (vnrole: 31.1-cause, 41.2.2-agent, 26.1-1-agent, 21.1-1-agent, 40.8.3-2-experiencer, 23.2-agent, 47.7-theme)
        Arg1: thing cut (vnrole: 31.1-experiencer, 41.2.2-patient, 26.1-1-product, 21.1-1-patient, 40.8.3-2-patient, 23.2-patient1)
        Arg2: medium, source (vnrole: 21.1-1-source, 23.2-patient2, 26.1-1-material)
        Arg3: instrument, unintentional cutter (vnrole: 21.1-1-instrument)
        Arg4: beneficiary (vnrole: 26.1-1-beneficiary)

Example: it slices, it dices, it makes julienne fries!

        Trading companies can cut through the logjam that small-company
        owners often face.

        Arg0: Trading companies
        Argm-mod: can
        Rel: cut
        Arg1: through the logjam that small-company owners often face.

Example: emotional cutting

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

        John cut Mary with his rude remarks.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: cut
        Arg1: Mary
        Arg3: with his rude remarks.

Example: instrument as subject

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

        John's rude remarks cut Mary deeply.

        Arg3: John's rude remarks
        Rel: cut
        Arg1: Mary
        Argm-ext: deeply

Example: all args

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

        John cut the low-hanging branches off the tree with some loppers, for Mary.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: cut
        Arg1: the low-hanging branches
        Arg2: off the tree
        Arg3: with some loppers
        Arg4: for Mary.

Example: with product, end result

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

        John cut the block of wood into a toy duck with a pen-knife.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: cut
        Arg1: the block of wood
        Argm-prd: into a toy duck
        Arg3: with a pen-knife

Example: experiencer agent

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

        Mary cut her toe on the corner of the stairs.

        Arg0: Mary
        Rel: cut
        Arg1: her toe
        Arg3: on the corner of the stairs.

Example: inanimate meandering

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

        The river cut through the plains.

        Arg0: the river
        Rel: cuts
        Argm-dir: through the plains

Example: animate motion/path

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

        Alternatively you can cut to the right through the trees .

        Argm-dis: Alternatively
        Arg0: you
        Argm-mod: can
        Rel: cut
        Argm-dir: to the right
        Argm-dir: through the trees

Roleset id: cut.02 , reduce, vncls: , framnet: Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale ,

cut.02: Updated by Julia. No Vncls.

Roles:

        Arg0: cutter
        Arg1: thing reduced
        Arg2: amount reduced by
        Arg3: start point
        Arg4: end point

Example: with EXT

        Magna recently cut its quarterly dividend in half.

        Arg0: Magna
        Argm-tmp: recently
        Rel: cut
        Arg1: its quarterly dividend
        Arg2: in half

Example: with start and end points

        Goody Products Inc cut its quarterly dividend to five cents a
        share from 11.5 cents a share.

        Arg0: Goody Products Inc
        Rel: cut
        Arg1: its quarterly dividend
        Arg4: to five cents a share
        Arg3: from 11.5 cents a share

Example: but usually with just arg1

        NL and Mr. Simmons cut the price they were proposing for Georgia Gulf.

        Arg0: NL and Mr. Simmons
        Rel: cut
        Arg1: the price they were proposing for Georgia Gulf

Roleset id: cut.03 , various idiomatic usages, vncls: , framnet:

cut.03: This encompasses a wide range of senses, but they all take basically the same PAS.

Roles:

        Arg0: cutter
        Arg1: thing cut (deal, corners, class, etc)

Example: cut class

        It was full of violence and gangs and kids cutting class

        Arg0: kids
        Rel: cutting
        Arg1: class

Example: cut it

        Many older athletes wonder if they can still cut it.

        Arg0: they
        Argm-mod: can
        Argm-tmp: still
        Rel: cut
        Arg1: it

Example: cut corners

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

        ``Most of us grew up [*-2] believing in the axioms `Haste makes
        waste' and `[*] Don't cut corners,'...

        Arg0: [*]
        Argm-neg: n't
        Rel: cut
        Arg1: corners

Example: cut a deal

        That's the way Treebank parses it, too.
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: gerund

        In addition, White House aides think that there are numerous other
        important measures Democrats badly wanted passed -- such as the
        scaling back of a controversial catastrophic health-care plan for
        the elderly -- that might provide [the president]-1 leverage in [*]-1
        cutting deals with Democrats.

        Arg0: [*]
        Rel: cutting
        Arg1: deals with Democrats


Predicate: cut_off

Roleset id: cut.04 , cut off: slice off, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: cutter
        Arg1: thing cut
        Arg2: medium, source
        Arg3: instrument
        Arg4: beneficiary

Example: detassling

        Just for the record, I'd like to point out that it isn't the seed companies that do this detasseling, but legions of Midwestern teenagers.
        The seed companies cut off the tassels of each plant.

        Arg0: The seed companies
        Rel: [cut][off]
        Arg1: the tassels of each plant


Predicate: cut_back

Roleset id: cut.05 , cut back: reduce, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: cutter
        Arg1: thing reduced
        Arg2: amount reduced by
        Arg3: start point
        Arg4: end point

Example: overeating

        ``Whoa,'' thought John, ``I've got to start cutting back on my
        intake of chocolate.''

        Arg0: I
        Rel: [cutting] [back]
        Arg1: my intake of chocolate


Predicate: cut_out

Roleset id: cut.06 , cut out: eliminate, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: eliminator
        Arg1: thing eliminated
        Arg2: source

Example: now cut that out!

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

        The move will cut out the cost of a middleman and give Specialized
        more control over marketing and sales.

        Arg0: The move
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: cut out
        Arg1: the cos of a middleman

Roleset id: cut.09 , cut out: arrange(d), vncls: 26.1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg1: thing arranged (vnrole: 26.1-agent)
        Arg2: arranged for whome (vnrole: 26.1-beneficiary)

Example: here ya go

        Weird; I don't think the active can occur.
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        As the building's new owner, Chase will have its work cut out for it.

        Arg1: its work
        Rel: cut out
        Arg2: for it


Predicate: cut_loose

Roleset id: cut.07 , cut loose: set or become free, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of freedom
        Arg1: entity undergoing freedom
        Arg2: source, cause of unfreedom

Example: ergative

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

        [Mr. Roman]-1, by contrast, seems [*-1] rarely to cut loose at all,
        although he did appear at Ogilvy's Halloween party Friday decked
        out in duck feet and a duck hat, costumed as a ``lame duck.''

        Arg1: [*-1]
        Rel: cut loose
        Argm-dis: at all
        Argm-adv: although he did appear at Ogilvy's Halloween party Friday decked out in duck feet and a duck hat, costumed as a ``lame duck.''


Predicate: cut_up

Roleset id: cut.08 , cut up: cut completely, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: cutter
        Arg1: thing now in pieces

Example: PETA would be happy

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: gerund

        An undistinguished college student who dabbled in zoology until
        he concluded that he-1 couldn't stand *trace*-1 cutting up frogs, Mr. Corry
        wanted to work for a big company ``that could do big things.''

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: cutting up
        Arg1: frogs

Roleset id: cut.10 , laugh and joke, vncls: , framnet:

cut.10: Not sure if args 1 and 2 will ever appear, their presence is based on "joke" frame. Frame created by Claire

Roles:

        Arg0: first or all jokers
        Arg1: other entity cutting up with
        Arg2: joke, cutting up about what?

Example: intransitive

        And we're giggling and laughing and cutting up and having a really great
        time.

        Argm-dis: and
        Arg0: we
        Rel: [cutting][up]