Predicate: make
Roleset id: make.01 , create, vncls: 26.1-1, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: creator (vnrole: 26.1-1-agent)
Arg1: creation (vnrole: 26.1-1-product)
Arg2: created-from, thing changed (vnrole: 26.1-1-material)
Arg3: benefactive (vnrole: 26.1-1-beneficiary)
Example: basic transitive
Loews Corp makes Kent cigarettes.
Arg0: Loews Corp
Rel: makes
Arg1: Kent cigarettes
Example: passive, source as of-phrase
[Those chips]-1 are made *trace*-1 of gallium arsenide.
Rel: are made
Arg1: *trace* (= those chips)
Arg2: of gallium arsenide
Example: mincemeat pie
person: third, tense: present, aspect: perfect, voice: active, form: participle
But the surprisingly durable seven-year economic expansion has
made mincemeat of more than one forecast.
Argm-dis: But
Arg0: the surprisingly durable seven-year economic expansion
Rel: made
Arg1: mincemeat
Arg2: of more than one forecast
Example: make a deal
person: third, tense: present, aspect: perfect, voice: active, form: participle
Well , they have made deals with Likud before .
Argm-dis: Well
Arg0: they
Rel: made
Arg1: deals with Likud
Argm-tmp: before
Roleset id: make.02 , cause (to be), vncls: 29.3, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: impeller to action (vnrole: 29.3-agent)
Arg1: impelled action/ predication (vnrole: 29.3-theme, 29.3-predicate)
Example: verbal small clause
Mary made John clean his room
Arg0: Mary
Rel: made
Arg1: John clean his room
Example: nominal small clause
Financial problems make them unattractive takeover targets.
Arg0: Financial problems
Rel: make
Arg1: them unattractive takeover targets
Example: adjectival small clause
Asian nations' memories make them fearful of Japanese economic hegemony.
Arg0: Asian nations' memories
Rel: make
Arg1: them fearful of Japanese economic hegemony
Example: with tough-movement
SC Law makes it a crime to breach test security.
Arg0: SC Law
Rel: makes
Arg1: it a crime to breach test security
Example: cause to be
Please note how this is different from make.06, be seem. "all this" is really causing the "very good year", not seeming like one.
person: third, tense: present, aspect: perfect, voice: active, form: participle
For Zel Herring, owner and a cook at the Sandhills Luncheon Cafe,
a tin building in midtown, all this has made for a very good
year.
Argm-adv: For Zel Herring, owner and a cook at the Sandhills Luncheon Cafe, a tin building in midtown
Arg0: all this
Rel: made
Arg1: for a very good year
Example: make sure
person: other, tense: future, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: infinitive
We will do everything we-1 can *PRO*-1 to make sure that he shows up at his court date there .
Arg0: *PRO*-1 (= we)
Rel: make
Arg1: sure that he shows up at his court date there.
Roleset id: make.05 , earn cash or wages, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: earner
Arg1: wages
Arg2: job
Example: make a quick buck
If Bill Gates made a nickel every time Windows crashed...oh wait, he does.
Arg0: Bill Gates
Rel: made
Arg1: a nickel
Argm-tmp: every time Windows crashed
Example: job as for-phrase
Judy Rodin makes way too much money for what she does.
Arg0: Judy Rodin
Rel: makes
Arg1: way too much money
Arg2: for what she does
Example: job as as-phrase
Judy Rodin makes way too much money as Penn's president.
Arg0: Judy Rodin
Rel: makes
Arg1: way too much money
Arg2: as Penn's president
Roleset id: make.06 , be, seem, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg1: thing seeming
Arg2: attribute of arg1
Example: take that, eh?
Americans make better fishermen.
Arg1: Americans
Rel: make
Arg2: better fishermen
Roleset id: make.18 , arrive at, achieve, vncls: 51.8, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: achiever, agent (vnrole: 51.8-agent)
Arg1: goal (vnrole: 51.8-destination)
Example:
*PRO*-2 Overcome *-1 by hunger pains Sellers-2 would
eat massive amounts of food and then throw it up *PRO*-2 to make weight.
Arg0: *PRO*-2 (= Sellers)
Rel: make
Arg1: weight
Example:
Some other stories making headlines right now.
Arg0: Some other stories
Rel: making
Arg1: headlines
Argm-tmp: right now
Example:
We made the finish line!
Arg0: We
Rel: made
Arg1: the finish line
Roleset id: make.19 , "Way" construction: make one's way, travel, vncls: , framnet:
make.19: Doesn't fit with any other sense, unavoidable, although it seems inappropriate to have a roleset/sense for a construction that is productive with many verbs: She danced/wiggled/laughed/cheated her way...
Roles:
Arg0: traveler
Arg1: his/her/their/etc way
Arg2: to where? destination
Example: All arguments
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Hundreds of Californians made their way to their computers after the quake , and checked in with each other on electronic bulletin boards , which link computers CB-radio-style , via phone lines .
Arg0: Hundreds of Californians
Rel: made
Arg1: their way
Arg2: to their computers
Argm-tmp: after the quake
Roleset id: make.LV , light verb, vncls: , framnet:
make.LV: The original light verb frames make.03 and make.04 have been collapsed into this frame.
Roles:
Arg:
Predicate: make_up
Roleset id: make.07 , comprise, vncls: 26.1, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: components (vnrole: 26.1-material)
Arg1: whole (vnrole: 26.1-product)
Example: passivized
[40% of the homeless population]-1 is made *trace*-1 up of women and children.
Arg1: *trace*-1 (= 40% of the homeless population)
Rel: [made] [up]
Arg0: of women and children
Example: corresponding active
Women and children make up 40% of the homeless population
Arg0: Women and children
Rel: [make] [up]
Arg1: 40% of the homeless population
Roleset id: make.08 , compose, set into place, vncls: 26.1, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: composer (vnrole: 26.1-agent)
Arg1: thing composed (vnrole: 26.1-product)
Example: basic transitive
*trace* Make up your own mind on the issue.
Arg0: *trace*
Rel: [Make] [up]
Arg1: your own mind
Argm-loc: on the issue
Roleset id: make.09 , reconcile, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: one person
Arg1: the other
Example: intransitive, compound subject
After fighting for a week, John and Mary finally kissed and made up.
Argm-tmp: After fighting for a week
Arg0: John and Mary
Argm-tmp: finally
Rel: [made] [up]
Example: split actors
John finally made up with Mary.
Arg0: John
Argm: finally
Rel: [made] [up]
Arg1: with Mary
Roleset id: make.10 , create, vncls: 26.1-1, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: creator (vnrole: 26.1-1-agent)
Arg1: creation (vnrole: 26.1-1-product)
Arg2: created-from, thing changed (vnrole: 26.1-1-material)
Arg3: benefactive (vnrole: 26.1-1-beneficiary)
Example: transitive
John made up all the answers on his midterm.
Arg0: John
Rel: [made] [up]
Arg1: all the answers
Argm-loc: on his midterm
Roleset id: make.11 , catch up, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg1: entity which is behind in something (eg payments)
Arg2: the something
Example: bad student
John will have to make up the midterm at some later date.
Arg1: John
Argm-mod: will
Rel: [make] [up]
Arg2: the midterm
Argm-tmp: at some later date
Roleset id: make.16 , compensate (for), vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: compensator, agent
Arg1: shortcoming
Arg2: means of repairing shortcoming
Example: instrumental agent
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Some Democrats, led by Rep. Jack Brooks (D., Texas),
unsuccessfully opposed the measure because they fear that the fees
may not fully make up for the budget cuts.
Arg2: the fees
Argm-mod: may
Argm-neg: not
Argm-ext: fully
Rel: [make] [up]
Arg1: for the budget cuts
Predicate: make_out
Roleset id: make.12 , discern, vncls: 30.2, framnet:
Roles:
(I haven't actually seen any of these in WSJ, but who knows?)
Arg0: discerner, viewer, agent (vnrole: 30.2-experiencer)
Arg1: patient, thing discerned (vnrole: 30.2-stimulus)
Example: typical usage?
I can't make out the handwriting on this letter.
Arg0: I
Argm-mod: ca
Argm-neg: n't
Rel: [make] [out]
Arg1: the handwriting
Argm-loc: on this letter
Roleset id: make.13 , write, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: writer
Arg1: thing written
Arg2: written to
Example: Imperative
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Please *PRO* make out the check to "AT & T"
Argm-dis: Please
Arg0: *PRO*
Rel: [make] [out]
Arg1: the check
Arg2: to "AT & T"
Roleset id: make.15 , proceed, meet with (success), vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg1: topic
Example: getting by
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
At his new job, as partner in charge of federal litigation in the Sacramento office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, he will make out much better.
Argm-loc: At his new job, as partner in charge of federal litigation in the Sacramento office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe,
Arg0: he
Argm-mod: will
Rel: [make] [out]
Argm-mnr: much better
Predicate: make_it
Roleset id: make.14 , achieve or arrive at, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: traveller
Arg1: destination
Example: without destination
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The governor couldn't make it, so the lieutenant governor welcomed
the special guests.
Arg0: The governor
Argm-mod: could
Argm-neg: n't
Rel: [make] [it]
Example: with destination
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: infinitive
John-1 couldn't be bothered *trace*-1 to make it to his own funeral.
Arg0: *trace*-1 (= John)
Rel: [make] [it]
Arg1: to his own funeral
Example: if I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere
person: third, tense: present, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: gerund
Mike Huber, a roustabout, is even making it in his new career as an entrepreneur.
Arg0: Mike Huber , a roustabout ,
Argm-adv: even
Rel: [making][it]
Argm-loc: in his new career as an entrepreneur
Predicate: make_off
Roleset id: make.17 , escape (with), vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: escaper
Arg1: luggage
Example: bank robbers
*remember not to tag PRN nodes (containing things like "he says")
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
When he initially refused, he says, they stabbed him in the back
and made off with $2,000 and 280 blank tickets.
Argm-tmp: When he initially refused
Arg0: they
Rel: [made] [off]
Arg1: with $2,000 and 280 blank tickets