Frameset - foul-v

Predicate: foul

foul: Frames file for 'foul' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.

Roleset id: foul.01 , make wrong, vncls: , framnet:

foul.01: So many possible meanings, so few argument structures!

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of wrongness, agent
        Arg1: thing gone wrong
        Arg2: mode-specific description of act of going wrong

Example: fishing metaphor

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

        [*] Unknown to Mr. Tharp, he had fouled his net on a special IRS
        project to catch catfish farmers and haulers inclined to cheat on
        their taxes.

        ArgM-ADV: [*] Unknown to Mr. Tharp
        Arg0: he
        Rel: fouled
        Arg1: his net
        Arg2: on a special IRS project to catch catfish farmers and haulers inclined to cheat on their taxes

Example: baseball metaphor

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

        John fouled off the right-side bleachers.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: fouled
        Arg2: off the right-side bleachers