Predicate: fossilize

fossilize: Frames file for 'fossilize' based on internet usage examples, expansion via VN. VerbNet entry 45.4, comparison with 'ossify.'

Roleset id: fossilize.01 , (cause to) petrify, make rigid, vncls: 45.4, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: cause of fossilization (vnrole: 45.4-Agent)
        Arg1: entity made into fossil (vnrole: 45.4-Patient)
        Arg2: result, attribe of arg 1

Example: No Agent

        The fossil history of snakes is very poorly known, since [snake skeletons]-1
        are very delicate and *-1 do not fossilize easily.

        Arg1: *-1
        ArgM-NEG: not
        Rel: fossilize
        ArgM-MNR: easily

Example: Metaphorical, with attribute

        It-1 must not remain fossilized *-1 in the form codified by Daniel Jones almost
        a century ago.

        Rel: fossilized
        Arg1: *-1
        Arg2: in the form codified by Daniel Jones almost a century ago