Predicate: follow
follow: Frames file for 'follow' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus
Roleset id: follow.01 , be subsequent, temporally or spatially, vncls: 47.8 48.3, framnet: Relative_time
follow.01: Member of VNcls contiguous_location-47.8, occurrence-48.3.
Roles:
Arg0: causal agent
Arg1: thing following, coming after (vnrole: 47.8-theme1, 48.3-theme)
Arg2: thing followed, coming before (vnrole: 47.8-theme2)
Example: intransitive
Champagne and dessert followed.
Arg1: Champagne and desert
Rel: followed
Example: transitive
The strong growth followed year-to-year increases of 21% in August.
Arg1: The strong growth
Rel: followed
Arg2: year-to-year increases of 21% in August
Example: passivized
[California]-1 led the nation, followed *trace*-1 by Texas, Iowa, and Florida
Rel: followed
Arg2: *trace*-1
Arg1: by Texas, Iowa, and Florida
Example: as temporal
If the rel appears as the head of a PP, .ER. There should be a trace for arg1 before the rel in proper verbal usage.
*trace* Following the acquisition of RP Scherer, the maker of gelcaps
decided to ...
Arg1: *trace*
Rel: Following
Arg2: the acquisition of RP Scherer
Example: with causal agent
Mr. Simmons has followed friendly offers with a hostile tender offer.
Arg0: Mr. Simmons
Rel: has followed
Arg2: friendly offers
Arg1: with a hostile tender offer
Example: obnoxious intervening idiom chunk
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Now Republican leaders are concentrating on attaching a
capital-gains amendment to some other bill, perhaps a measure
raising the federal borrowing limit or a second tax bill that-1
[*T*-1] would follow on the heels of the deficit-reduction
legislation.
Arg1: [*T*-1] (= that)
Argm-slc: that -> a second tax bill
Argm-mod: would
Rel: follow
Argm-mnr: on the heels
Arg2: of the deficit-reduction legislation
Roleset id: follow.02 , adhere to, accept, understand, pursue, vncls: 51.6 87.2-1, framnet: Cotheme , Compliance
follow.02: Member of VNcls chase-51.6, comprehend-87.2-1.
Roles:
Arg0: acceptor, pursuer (vnrole: 51.6-agent, 87.2-1-agent)
Arg1: thing followed (vnrole: 51.6-theme, 87.2-1-proposition)
Arg2: benefactive
Example: another transitive
Many investors follow a strategy of buying and holding a mix of stocks.
Arg0: Many investors
Rel: follow
Arg1: a strategy of buying and holding a mix of stocks
Example: with manner
John avidly follows Major League baseball for his father, who can
only receive Italian soccer on his TV.
Arg0: John
Argm-mnr: avidly
Rel: follows
Arg1: Major League baseball
Arg2: for his father, who can only receive Italian soccer on his TV.
Roleset id: follow.04 , list function, vncls: , framnet:
follow.04: No VNcls.
Roles:
Arg1: described
Example: with arg
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
The following individuals were fined as indicated and barred from
association with NASD members, or, where noted, suspended.
Rel: following
Arg1: individuals
Example: ICH
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
The following [*ICH*-2] were neither barred nor suspended:
[Stephanie Veselich Enright, Rolling Hills, Calif., fined $2,500
and ordered to disgorge $11,762; Stuart Lane Russel, Glendale,
Calif., fined $2,500 and ordered to disgorge $14,821; Devon
Nilson Dahl, Fountain Valley, Calif., fined $82,389]-2.
Rel: following
Arg1: [*ICH*-2]
Roleset id: follow.05 , logical conclusion, vncls: , framnet: -
follow.05: No VNcls.
Roles:
Arg1: conclusion
Arg2: thesis
Example: with manner
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
...``Robert Bork's America'' -- the parade of imaginary horribles
that-2 [*T*-2] would follow logically, he claimed, from the
positions Mr. Bork had taken over the space of two decades.
Arg1: [*T*-2] (= that)
Argm-slc: that -> the parade of imaginary horribles
Argm-mod: would
Rel: follow
Argm-mnr: logically
Arg2: from the positions Mr. Bork had taken over the space of two decades
Predicate: follow_suit
Roleset id: follow.06 , do the same thing, imitate, vncls: , framnet: -
follow.06: No VNcls.
Roles:
Arg0: imitator
Example: monkey see, monkey do
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: infinitive
Budget Rent a Car Corp., of Chicago, and National Car Rental
Systems Inc., of Minneapolis, both said [0] they-1 had no plans [*]-1
to follow suit.
Arg0: [*]
Rel: follow suit
Predicate: follow_through
Roleset id: follow.07 , fulfill, complete, vncls: , framnet: -
follow.07: No VNcls.
Roles:
Arg0: fulfiller
Arg1: promise, plans, etc
Example: not like tennis
person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
They argue that as the Kremlin follows through on announced plans
to cut land forces....
Arg0: the Kremlin
Rel: follows through
Arg1: on announced plans to cut land forces
Predicate: follow_up
Roleset id: follow.03 , be subsequent, pursue, vncls: , framnet: -
follow.03: No VNcls.
Roles:
Arg0: causal agent
Arg1: thing followed up on, coming before
Example: optional preposition
Scty of State James Baker followed up [on] a proposal made by Bob Hawke.
Arg0: Scy of State James Baker
Rel: followed up
Arg1: on a proposal made by Bob Hawke