Predicate: drop

drop: Frames file for 'drop' based on survey of initial sentences from big corpus and comparison with 'fall'

Roleset id: drop.01 , go down, cause to fall, vncls: 9.4 45.6 51.3.1 47.7, framnet: Change_position_on_a_scale , Path_shape , Change_posture , Motion_directional , Body_movement

drop.01: VN updated by Julia. Member of Vncls calibratable_cos-45.6, meander-47.7, put_direction-9.4, roll-51.3.1.

Roles:

        Arg0: entity doing the dropping (vnrole: 9.4-agent, 51.3.1-agent)
        Arg1: Logical subject, patient, thing falling (vnrole: 9.4-theme, 45.6-patient, 51.3.1-theme, 47.7-theme)
        Arg2: EXT, amount fallen (vnrole: 45.6-extent)
        Arg3: start point
        Arg4: end point, end state of arg1 (vnrole: 51.3.1-location)
        Argm: medium (vnrole: 45.6-attribute)

Example: start and end points

        The government's borrowing authority dropped to $2.8 trillion from
        $2.87 trillion.

        Arg1: the government's borrowing authority
        Rel: dropped
        Arg4: to $2.8 trillion
        Arg3: from $2.87 trillion

Example: extent

        The stock market dropped nearly 7% Oct 13.

        Arg1: The stock market
        Rel: dropped
        Arg2: nearly 7%
        Argm-tmp: Oct 13

Example: manner

        Yields on savings-type certificates of deposit dropped slightly
        last week.

        Arg1: Yields on savings-type certificates of deposit
        Rel: dropped
        Arg2: slightly
        Argm-tmp: last week

Example: agentive

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

        John dropped a penny from the top of the Empire State Building.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: dropped
        Arg1: a penny
        Arg3: from the top of the Empire State Building

Example: with medium, argM-LOC

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

        Oil dropped in price.

        Arg1: Oil
        Rel: dropped
        Argm-loc: in price

Roleset id: drop.05 , remove, end, vncls: 10.10, framnet:

drop.05: VN updated by Julia. Member of Vncls fire-10.10.

Roles:

        Arg0: remover (vnrole: 10.10-agent)
        Arg1: removed (vnrole: 10.10-theme)
        Arg2: source (vnrole: 10.10-source)

Example: all args

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

        Mr. Koch already has announced he will drop 3,200 jobs from the
        city payroll, but that won't be enough.

        Arg0: he
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: drop
        Arg1: 3,200 jobs
        Arg2: from the city payroll

Example: no source

        It has dropped its long-standing opposition.

        Arg0: It
        Rel: dropped
        Arg1: its long standing opposition

Example: oddly also with new preference

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

        ``The World Series, seven nights, wasn't enough of an
        incentive,'' says Arnold Klinsky of WHEC-TV in Rochester, which
        [*T*-1] dropped CBS for NBC six weeks ago.

        Arg0: [*T*-1]
        Argm-rcl: which -> WHEC-TV
        Rel: dropped
        Arg1: CBS
        Argm-adv: for NBC
        Argm-tmp: six weeks ago

Example: weight loss

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

        ``I don't trust people who don't eat,'' said Ms. Volokh, though
        [she herself]-3 stopped eating lunch a few years ago [*-3] to drop 25
        pounds.

        Arg0: [*-3]
        Rel: drop
        Arg1: 25 pounds

Roleset id: drop.06 , give, esp. names, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: sycophant, giver
        Arg1: names, thing given

Example: not much variation in syntax

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

        Some people must drop names -- call it an irresistible impulse.

        Arg0: Some people
        Argm-mod: must
        Rel: drop
        Arg1: names

Example: Give a visit

        Recipient is part of higher NP node including both the thing given and benefactor.
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        I found 0 I had come to the riverbank , and thought 0 I might go and drop a visit to Uncle Baocheng .

        Arg0: I
        Argm-mod: might
        Rel: drop
        Arg1: a visit to Uncle Baocheng

Roleset id: drop.07 , spend money, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: big spender
        Arg1: amount of money
        Arg2: commodity

Example: big spender

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

        They'd actually left the Soviet Union with $480, but during a
        stop in Italy Ms. Volokh dropped $80 on a black velvet suit.

        Argm-tmp: during a stop in Italy
        Arg0: Ms. Volokh
        Rel: dropped
        Arg1: $80
        Arg2: on a black velvet suit


Predicate: drop_by

Roleset id: drop.02 , come, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg1: entity in motion / 'comer'
        Arg2: extent -- rare)
        Arg3: start point -- also rare)
        Arg4: end point

Example: and bring the kids

        Maybe she could drop by at the Metropolitan Opera.

        Argm-dis: Maybe
        Arg1: she
        Argm-mod: could
        Rel: drop by
        Arg4: at the Metropolitan Opera

Example: NP end point

        You may drop by the VOA office in Washington.

        Arg0: You
        Argm-mod: may
        Rel: drop by
        Arg4: the VOA office in Washington


Predicate: drop_off

Roleset id: drop.03 , leave behind?, vncls: , framnet:

drop.03: roles are same as above, except don't expect to see start point

Roles:

        usually non financial usage
        Arg0: entity doing the dropping
        Arg1: Logical subject, patient, thing falling
        Arg2: EXT, amount fallen
        Arg4: end point, end state
        Argm: medium

Example: end point

        John dropped his kids off at summer camp.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: dropped off
        Arg1: his kids
        Arg4: at summer camp

Example: intransitive

        John dropped off (to sleep)

        Arg0: John
        Rel: dropped off


Predicate: drop_out

Roleset id: drop.04 , quit, vncls: , framnet:

drop.04: Also in intransitive.

Roles:

        Arg0: quitter
        Arg1: thing quit (usually of-phrase)

Example: flunk

        John dropped out of school.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: dropped out
        Arg1: of school