Predicate: knit

knit: Frames file for 'knit' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entries 40.3.2, 26.1.

Roleset id: knit.01 , create by knotting yarn together, vncls: 26.1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: builder (vnrole: 26.1-Agent)
        Arg1: construction (vnrole: 26.1-Product)
        Arg2: material, start state (vnrole: 26.1-Material)
        Arg4: end state or attribute of arg1 (vnrole: 26.1-Product)

Example: with end state, sorta

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        The flow of Japanese funds has set in motion ``a process whereby
        [these economies]-1 will be knitted *trace*-1 together by the great
        Japanese investment machine,'' says Robert Hormats, vice chairman
        of Goldman Sachs International Corp.

        ArgM-MOD: will
        Rel: knitted
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg4: together
        Arg0: by the great Japanese investment machine
        ArgM-MNR: *trace*
        ArgM-RCL: whereby -> a process

Example: just transitive

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        With one she is pregnant, with Major Battle she is knitting an
        American flag, and as the vice president's wife she rushes in with
        white hair, wearing a tailored suit and pearls, imitating Barbara
        Bush's gestures down to the last detail.

        ArgM-ADV: with Major Battle
        Arg0: she
        Rel: knitting
        Arg1: an American flag

Example: with material

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

        John knit a sweater out the hair he lost in the shower each morning.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: knit
        Arg1: a sweater
        Arg2: out of the hair he lost in the shower each morning

Roleset id: knit.02 , bones mending a break, vncls: 40.3.2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg1: bones (vnrole: 40.3.2-Patient)

Example: ouch

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

        [John's armbones]-1 took only a week *trace*-1 to knit after he fell
        from the roof.

        Arg1: *trace*
        Rel: knit
        Argm-TMP: after he fell from the roof

Roleset id: knit.03 , link or tie, vncls: 26.1, framnet:

knit.03: Frameset created by Jena.

Roles:

        Arg0: agent doing the tying (vnrole: 26.1-Agent)
        Arg1: patient, thing(s) being tied (vnrole: 26.1-Product)

Example: knit brows

        The township chief knits his brows tightly.

        Arg0: The township chief
        Rel: knits
        Arg1: his brows
        ArgM-MNR: tightly