Frameset - forge-v

Predicate: forge

forge: Frames file for 'forge' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entries 25.2, 25.4, 26.1. Other framed members include arrange, assemble, build, churn, reshape, roll, shape and spin. Nothing from 25.2/25.4, oddly. Framenet entry Imitation. Comparison with draw and build.

Roleset id: forge.01 , create a counterfeit, vncls: 25.2 25.4, framnet:

forge.01: This is properly thought of as a special case of the other roleset, but since it can never take the other arguments, it is proper to keep the two separated.

Roles:

Arg0: counterfeiter (vnrole: 25.2-Agent, 25.4-Agent)
Arg1: copied (vnrole: 25.2-Theme, 25.4-Theme)

Example: bad John

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

        John forged his mother's signature.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: forged
        Arg1: his mother's signature

Roleset id: forge.02 , make, create, vncls: 26.1, framnet:

forge.02: The arg2 "material" and arg4 "end state" will always be introduced by prepositions, while the arg1 "construction" should always be an NP.

Roles:

        Arg0: builder (vnrole: 26.1-Agent)
        Arg1: construction (vnrole: 26.1-Product)
        Arg2: material, start state (vnrole: 26.1-Material)
        Arg4: end state (vnrole: 26.1-Product)

Example: boring transitive

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

        With the golden share as protection, [Jaguar officials]-1 have
        rebuffed Ford's overtures, and moved instead *trace*-1 to forge an
        alliance with GM.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: forge
        Arg1: an alliance with GM

Example: all args

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

        John forged the iron from ingots into an elaborate contraption.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: forged
        Arg1: the iron
        Arg2: from ingots
        Arg4: into an elaborate contraption