Predicate: dip
Roleset id: dip.01 , fall slightly, no agent., vncls: 45.6-1 47.7, framnet:
dip.01: Corresponds best to VN class Calibratable_COS-45.6-1, but some instances could map to Meander-47.7.
Roles:
Arg1: thing falling (vnrole: 45.6-1-patient, 47.7-theme)
Arg2: EXT (vnrole: 45.6-1-extent)
Arg3: start point
Arg4: end point
Example: intransitive unaccusative
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Mercury attributed the loss to rapid prepayments of loans and
costs incurred in refinancing many house loans this past spring
and summer , when interest rates dipped.
Arg1: interest rates
Rel: dipped
Example: all args
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Sales dipped 3.6% to $3.92 billion from $4.07 billion.
Arg1: Sales
Rel: dipped
Arg2: 3.6%
Arg4: to $3.92 billion
Arg3: from $4.07 billion
Roleset id: dip.02 , spoon, ladle, vncls: 9.3-1, framnet:
dip.02: Frames file for 'dip' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
Verbnet entry 9.3-1, other framed members include dump, push, quash,
shake, start; this is one of two possible senses. Framenet class
Path_shape. Other sense not in Verbnet or Framenet.
Roles:
Arg0: agent, dipper (vnrole: 9.3-1-agent)
Arg1: thing dipped (vnrole: 9.3-1-theme)
Arg2: dipped into (vnrole: 9.3-1-destination)
Example: doesn't actually occur in WSJ
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
John dipped his toe into the scalding hot bathwater.
Arg0: John
Rel: dipped
Arg1: his toe
Arg2: into the scalding hot bathwater