Predicate: festoon
festoon: Frames file for 'festoon' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry
9.8, Framenet entry Adorning.
Roleset id: festoon.01 , decorate, vncls: 9.8, framnet:
festoon.01: What is a swag, exactly?
Roles:
Arg0: decorator (vnrole: 9.8-Agent)
Arg1: thing decorated (vnrole: 9.8-Destination)
Arg2: decorations (vnrole: 9.8-Theme)
Example: passive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
Besides term life and whole life (the old standbys), we now have
universal life, universal variable life, flexible adjustable
universal life, policies with persistency bonuses, policies-1
festooned [*]-1 with exotic riders, living benefit policies, and on
and on.
Rel: festooned
Arg1: [*]
Arg2: with exotic riders
Example: instrumental subject!
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
A good deal of the book is boring, particularly the endless
allusions to high and pop culture and the frequent jokes
festooning the text.
Arg2: the frequent jokes
Rel: festooning
Arg1: the text
Example: agentive
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
John festooned his bedroom with swags of burlap.
Arg0: John
Rel: festooned
Arg1: his bedroom
Arg2: with swags of burlap