Predicate: fire

Roleset id: fire.01 , fire a gun, vncls: 17.1-1, framnet: Use_firearm , Shoot_projectiles

fire.01: Based on financial subcorpus. Member of VNcls throw-17.1-1.

Roles:

        Arg0: shooter (vnrole: 17.1-1-agent)
        Arg1: gun/projectile (vnrole: 17.1-1-theme)

Example: metaphorical

        With three minutes left on the clock, Mr. Aikman takes the snap,
        steps back and fires a 21-yard pass -- straight into the hands of
        an Atlanta defensive back.

        Argm-tmp: With three minutes left on the clock
        Arg0: Mr. Aikman
        Rel: fires
        Arg1: a 21-yard pass
        Argm-gol: straight into the hands of an Atlanta defensive back

Example: literal with GOL

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

        The helicopters reportedly fired missiles at offices of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat 's ` Fatah movement ' .

        Arg0: The helicopters
        Argm-adv: reportedly
        Rel: fired
        Arg1: missiles
        Argm-gol: at offices of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's 'Fatah movement'

Roleset id: fire.02 , cause to cease employment, vncls: 10.10, framnet: Firing

fire.02: Member of VNcls fire-10.10.

Roles:

        Arg0: employer (vnrole: 10.10-agent)
        Arg1: ex-employee (vnrole: 10.10-theme)
        Arg2: job (vnrole: 10.10-source)

Example: most commonly passive

        But people familiar with the agenda of the board's meeting last
        week in London said [Mr. McGovern]-1 was fired *trace*-1.

        Rel: fired
        Arg1: *trace*-1

Example: passive with agent

        The last time Columbia Pictures was looking for a studio chief,
        they note, Warner released producer David Puttnam from his
        contract, then took him back after he-1 was subsequently fired
        *trace*-1 by his bosses at Columbia.

        Argm-tmp: subsequently
        Rel: fired
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg0: by his bosses at Columbia

Example: with former job

        John-1 was fired *trace*-1 from his job as chief burger-flipper.

        Rel: fired
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg2: from his job as chief burger-flipper

Roleset id: fire.03 , cause to burn or bake, vncls: , framnet: -

fire.03: No VNcls.

Roles:

        Arg0: baker, agent
        Arg1: thing burning or baking

Example: pottery

        John fired his play-doh sculpture in the microwave.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: fired
        Arg1: his play-doh sculpture
        Argm-loc: in the microwave

Roleset id: fire.04 , fuel or ignite, vncls: , framnet: -

fire.04: Frame edited by Arrick. No VNcls.

Roles:

        Arg0: ignitor, agent
        Arg1: thing ignited

Example: non-agentive manner

        Instead, they were model steam engines fired * by alcohol lamps which
        *T* were hand built, wheel by wheel, panel by panel, by Lin himself,
        some based * on his own designs, others scale models.

        Rel: fired
        Arg1: * , &link -> model steam engines
        Argm-mnr: by alcohol lamps