Frameset - fell-v

Predicate: fell

fell: Frames file for 'fell' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry. Very specific usage.

Roleset id: fell.01 , cause to fall down, vncls: , framnet:

fell.01: Another example of old Germanic ablaut as making a causative verb (set/sit(/seat), raise/rise being the others). Beautiful!

Roles:

Arg0: causer
Arg1: faller (us. trees)

Example: active

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

        HUGO FELLED vast timberlands.

        Arg0: HUGO
        Rel: FELLED
        Arg1: vast timberlands

Example: passive

        person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle

        Richard Secord, [the retired Air Force general]-1 felled *trace*-1 in
        the Iran-Contra scandal, is all but ruined -- forced to sell his
        Virginia home and pull his kids out of college, according to a
        recent fund-raising appeal sent out on his behalf.

        Rel: felled
        Arg1: *trace*
        ArgM-LOC: in the Iran-Contra scandal