Predicate: die
die: Frames file for 'die' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
Roleset id: die.01 , sterben, vncls: 48.2, framnet: Death
die.01: 'sterben' is German for 'to die'. Member of VNcls dissappearance-48.2.
Roles:
Arg1: the deceased (vnrole: 48.2-theme)
Arg2: cognate object
Example: die, croak, kick the bucket
...when he died in April.
Arg1: he
Rel: died
Argm-tmp: in April
Example: with cognate object
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The letter, along with a detailed prosecution memo, sat on the
desks of Justice officials for months before the case died a
quiet death.
Arg1: the case
Rel: died
Arg2: a quiet death
Predicate: die_down
Roleset id: die.02 , subside, vncls: , framnet:
die.02: No VNcls.
Roles:
Arg1: thing subsiding
Example:
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
And as the applause dies down in showrooms along Seventh Avenue
and Broadway, stylishly clad Campeau buyers will begin writing
orders.
Arg1: the applause
Rel: [dies][down]
Argm-loc: in showrooms along Seventh Avenue and Broadway
Predicate: die_out
Roleset id: die.03 , go extinct, terminate completely, vncls: , framnet: -
die.03: Added by Julia based on ULA. No VNcls.
Roles:
Arg1: dying thing
Example: ULA example
person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: gerund
Although Yiddish-1 has been in danger of *PRO*-1 dying out for hundreds of years , the language is spoken today by millions of people throughout the world
Arg1: *PRO*-1
Rel: [dying] [out]
Predicate: die_off
Roleset id: die.04 , become dead (as a group), bit by bit, vncls: , framnet: -
die.04: Added by Julia based on ULA. No VNcls.
Roles:
Arg1: dying thing
Example: ULA example
person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
There are many other , lesser factors at work , but taken together , all tend toward standardization , especially as the older speakers die off .
Arg1: the older speakers
Rel: [die] [off]