Predicate: let

let: Frames file for 'let' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus and comparison with 'allow'

Roleset id: let.01 , allow, vncls: , framnet:

let.01: DO NOT TAG this discourse-level "let alone" (John can't remember his own name, let alone anyone else's).

Roles:

        Arg0: allower
        Arg1: action allowed

Example: allowed S

        Sony won't let a young short-term American employee take on any
        responsibility.

        Arg0: Sony
        Argm-mod: wo
        Argm-neg: n't
        Rel: let
        Arg1: a young short-term American employee take on any responsibility.

Example: allowed NP, really a shortening of allowed S

        They wanted to roll the dice and we-1're going *trace*-1 to let them.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: let
        Arg1: them


Predicate: let_on

Roleset id: let.02 , give an indication, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: giver
        Arg1: getter
        Arg2: indication

Example: typical usage

        The CIA was more interested than they let on to Mr. Stoll.

        Arg0: they
        Rel: [let] [on]
        Arg1: to Mr. Stoll

Example: with explicit indication

        John never let on to Mary that he was secretly a Martian.

        Arg0: John
        Argm-tmp: never
        Rel: [let] [on]
        Arg1: to Mary
        Arg2: that he was secretly a Martian


Predicate: let_up

Roleset id: let.03 , not be so harsh anymore, vncls: , framnet:

let.03: cf 'relent'

Roles:

        Arg0: let uper
        Arg1: with respect to what?

Example: take it easy, already

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

        Ms. Browning says she believes a recapitalization involving
        employee ownership would succeed only if the pilots let up on
        their demand for control.

        Arg0: the pilots
        Rel: [let] [up]
        Arg1: on their demand for control


Predicate: let_down

Roleset id: let.04 , disappoint, vncls: , framnet:

let.04: Roleset based on instances in ectb revisions. Framed by Claire.

Roles:

        Arg0: Agent, cause of disappointment
        Arg1: disappointed entity

Example: Inanimate disappointed entity

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

        While delivering his appreciation speech , Xiaotong Fei said that " I will never let down the encouragement given to me by this friendly neighboring country .

        Arg0: I
        Argm-mod: will
        Argm-neg: never
        Rel: [let] [down]
        Arg1: the encouragement given to me by this friendly neighboring country