Predicate: line

line: Frames file for 'line' based on sentences in wsj and automatic expansion via verbnet.

Roleset id: line.01 , provide a lining, accompany in line-like fashion, vncls: 9.8 47.8, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: agent only! (vnrole: 9.8-agent)
        Arg1: thing lined (vnrole: 9.8-destination, 47.8-theme1)
        Arg2: instrument, lining proper (vnrole: 9.8-theme, 47.8-theme2)

Example: unstated lining

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

        How many government programs and policies exist because they line
        the pockets of political insiders?

        Arg0: they
        Rel: line
        Arg1: the pockets of political insiders

Example: Enron stocks?

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

        [Wall Street]-1 is just about ready *trace*-1 to line the bird cage
        with paper stocks.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: line
        Arg1: the bird cage
        Arg2: with paper stocks

Example: stand in lines

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

        Telephone poles lined the road .

        Arg2: Telephone poles
        Rel: lined
        Arg1: the road

Roleset id: line.03 , puts lines on, vncls: , framnet:

line.03: Probably will only occur in lined faces and lined paper.

Roles:

        Arg0: putter of lines
        Arg1: thing with lines

Example: adjectival

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

        He looked at the lined face with vague interest ; ; he felt [0] he was noting it , as if it were something [0] he might think about [*T*-1] when he grew stronger [*T*-2] .

        Rel: lined
        Arg1: face


Predicate: line_up

Roleset id: line.02 , stand in line, vncls: , framnet:

line.02: In the agentive and passive 'line up' acquires the sense of 'arrange'.

Roles:

        Arg0: causative agent
        Arg1: things in a line

Example: ergative

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

        At a recent trade show, convention-goers lined up to view a new
        Specialized bike frame that weighs just 2.7 pounds -- a pound
        less than the lightest mountain-bike frame on the market.

        Argm-loc: At a recent trade show
        Arg1: convention-goers
        Rel: [ lined] [ up]
        Argm-pnc: to view a new Specialized bike frame that weighs just 2.7 pounds -- a pound less than the lightest mountain-bike frame on the market

Example: agentive

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

        And, in addition to a crack team of sailors, Mr. Isler has lined
        up some real brass to help him finance the syndicate.

        Argm-dis: And
        Argm-adv: in addition to a crack team of sailors
        Arg0: Mr. Isler
        Rel: [ lined] [ up]
        Arg1: some real brass
        Argm-pnc: to help him finance the syndicate

Example: passivized

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: perfect,  voice: passive,  form: full

        [U.S. buyers]-1 have already been lined *trace*-1 up.

        Argm-tmp: already
        Rel: [ lined] [ up]
        Arg1: *trace*