Predicate: hit
hit: based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus
and comparison with 'strike'
Roles:
Arg0: agent, hitter - animate only! (vnrole: 18.1-1-agent, 40.8.3-experiencer, 17.1-1-agent)
Arg1: thing hit (vnrole: 18.4-location, 18.1-1-patient, 40.8.3-patient, 47.8-1-theme1, 17.1-1-theme)
Arg2: instrument, thing hit by or with (vnrole: 18.4-theme, 18.1-1-instrument, 47.8-1-theme2)
Example:
Bank of New England has been hit hard by the region's real-estate slump.
Arg1: Bank of New England
Rel: hit
Argm-mnr: hard
Arg2: by the region's real-estate slump
Example:
The firm has also been hit *trace* with big financial settlements.
Arg1: The firm
Argm-dis: also
Rel: hit
Arg2: with big financial settlements
Example:
A slowdown is hitting the industry
Arg2: A slowdown
Rel: hitting
Arg1: the industry
Roleset id: hit.02 , reach, encounter, vncls: 51.8, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: thing hitting / reaching (vnrole: 51.8-agent)
Arg1: thing hit (vnrole: 51.8-destination)
Example:
The plane could hit the market in the mid-1990s.
Arg0: The plane
Argm-mod: could
Rel: hit
Arg1: the market
Argm-tmp: in the mid-1990s
Example:
The sell programs are presumable hitting something, like "the computers"
When the sell programs hit, ...
Arg0: the sell programs
Rel: hit
Roleset id: hit.03 , go to, turn to, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: entity turning to a new hobby
Arg1: thing hit
Example:
He hit the lanes three years ago on the advice of his doctor.
Arg0: He
Rel: hit
Arg1: the lanes
Argm-tmp: three years ago
Argm-adv: on the advice of his doctor
Predicate: hit_on
Roleset id: hit.04 , to make sexual advances, vncls: , framnet:
hit.04: Predicate added by Miriam. No relevant VN class.
Roles:
Arg0: agent
Arg1: person hit on
Example:
John hit on the woman at the bar.
Arg0: John
Rel: [hit] [on]
Arg1: the woman at the bar
Predicate: hit_up
hit_up: Predicate added by Arrick
Roleset id: hit.05 , ask for, request, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: person making request
Arg1: request
Arg2: requested from
Example: all args
...he hit up the prince for a contribution to his presidential library.
Arg0: he
Rel: [hit] [up]
Arg2: the prince
Arg1: for a contribution to his presidential library