Predicate: fling

fling: Frames file for 'fling' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entry throw-17.1, other framed members include fire, kick, pass, and throw. Framenet entries Body Movement and Cause to Move. Comparison with throw.

Roleset id: fling.01 , throw, vncls: 17.1, framnet:

fling.01: Actually, I prefer the simple past form of "flang", but I seem to be alone in that.

Roles:

        Arg0: thrower (vnrole: 17.1-Agent)
        Arg1: thing thrown (vnrole: 17.1-Patient)
        Arg2: thrown at, to, over, etc (vnrole: 17.1-Destination)

Example: boring example

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

        He already has achieved vertical integration on a limited scale:
        Quebecor-1 can put a weekly newspaper on almost any Quebec doorstep
        without using outside help, from chopping down the tree to making
        the newsprint to *trace*-1 flinging it up onto the porch.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: flinging
        Arg1: it
        Arg2: up onto the porch

Example: strong verbs rule

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

        John flung himself into bed.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: flung
        Arg1-REC: himself
        Arg2: into bed