Predicate: end

end: Frames file for 'end' based on survey of initial 100 or so sentences from big corpus. No related verbs yet surveyed.

Roleset id: end.01 , cause to stop, vncls: 55.4-1, framnet: Cause_to_end , Process_end

end.01: VN updated by Julia. Member of Vncls stop-55.4-1.

Roles:

        Arg0: Intentional agent (vnrole: 55.4-1-agent)
        Arg1: Thing ending (vnrole: 55.4-1-theme)
        Arg2: Explicit instrument, thing ended with (vnrole: 55.4-1-instrument)
        Argm: point at which something ends

Example: nominal arg1

        [The courts]-1 want *trace*-1 to end rigid affirmative action programs.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: to end
        Arg1: rigid affirmative action programs

Example: accusative, arg1 NP

        Such a countermove could end Jaguar's hopes for independence.

        Arg0: Such a countermove
        Rel: end
        Arg1: Jaguar's hopes for independence

Example: ergative

        The huge bronze bells...end, surprisingly, in the inverted position.

        Arg1: [The huge bronze bells...][in the inverted position]
        Rel: end
        Argm-dis: surprisingly

Example: with instrumental

        The movie ends with sound.

        Arg1: The movie
        Rel: ends
        Arg2: with sound

Example: different kind of instrument

        The first two GAF trials ended in mistrials earlier this year.

        Arg1: The first two GAF trials
        Rel: ended
        Arg2: in mistrials
        Argm-tmp: earlier this year

Example: a weird usage

        ...in the week ended Tuesday.

        Arg1: ...in the week
        Rel: ended
        Argm-tmp: Tuesday

Roleset id: end.02 , terminate, esp stocks, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg1: thing closing
        Arg2: EXT, amount-changed-by
        Arg3: start point
        Arg4: end point

Example: damn stock reports

        Gilts ended about 3/8 point lower.

        Arg1: Gilts
        Rel: ended
        Arg2: about 3/8 point lower

Example: with manner

        ...trading in Frankfurt ended higher.

        Arg1: ...trading in Frankfurt
        Rel: ended
        Argm-mnr: higher

Example: two senses at once?

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

        Japan's No. 111 4.6% bond due 1998 ended the day on brokers' screens at 95.11 [*-1] to yield 5.43%.

        Arg1: Japan's No. 111 4.6% bond due 1998
        Rel: ended
        Argm-tmp: the day
        Argm-loc: on brokers' screens
        Arg4: at 95.11
        Argm-adv: [*-1] to yield 5.43%


Predicate: end_up

Roleset id: end.03 , become, vncls: , framnet: Becoming

Roles:

        Arg1: entity changing
        Arg2: new state

Example: cash surplus

        Sea Containers would end up with a cash surplus of approx. $620 million.

        Arg1: Sea Containers
        Argm-mod: would
        Rel: end up
        Arg2: with a cash surplus of approx. $620 million

Example: data

        That data could end up in the hands of prosecutors

        Arg1: That data
        Argm-mod: could
        Rel: end up
        Arg2: in the hands of prosecutors

Example: false prediction

        Time Warner and Sony Corp could end up becoming partners.

        Arg1: Time Warner and Sony Corp
        Argm-mod: could
        Rel: end up
        Arg2: becoming partners