Predicate: happen

happen: Frames file for 'happen' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus and comparison with 'exist' and 'seem'

Roleset id: happen.01 , occur, take place, vncls: 48.3, framnet:

happen.01: I swear, this occurred in WSJ.

Roles:

        Arg1: event (vnrole: 48.3-theme)
        Arg2: benefactive

Example: in questions

        What *trace* happens when you flush your toilet?

        Arg1: *trace*
        Argm-rcl: What
        Rel: happens
        Argm-tmp: when you flush your toilet?

Example: with benefactive

        It is happening with young wines just coming out.

        Arg1: It
        Rel: happening
        Arg2: with young wines just coming out

Example: benefactive again

        What *trace* will happen to dividend growth next year?

        Arg1: *trace*
        Argm-rcl: What
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: happen
        Arg2: to dividend growth
        Argm-tmp: next year?

Roleset id: happen.02 , denoting coincidence, vncls: 48.3, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg1: coincidence (vnrole: 48.3-theme)

Example: typical usage

        Its workforce happens *trace* to include its most productive members.

        Arg1: [*trace* to include its most productive members]
        Rel: happens

Example: with it-support

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        It happens that its workforce includes its most productive members.

        Arg1: that its workforce includes its most productive members
        Rel: happens

Roleset id: happen.03 , find, vncls: , framnet:

happen.03: Might be better as phrasal "happen_upon"

Roles:

        Arg0: finder
        Arg1: thing found

Example: find

        During his daily walk through the park John happened upon a bag of cash.

        Argm-tmp: During his daily walk through the park
        Arg0: John
        Rel: happened
        Arg1: upon a bag of cash