Predicate: melt

melt: Frames file for 'melt' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: melt.01 , to change from a solid to a liquid state , vncls: 26.5 45.4, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: agent (vnrole: 26.5-Agent, 45.4-Agent)
        Arg1: thing melted (vnrole: 26.5-Material, 45.4-Patient)

Example: transitive

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

        A substantial warming would melt some of the Earth 's polar ice caps , [*-1] raising the level of the oceans and causing widespread flooding of heavily populated coastal areas .

        Arg0: A substantial warming
        ArgM-MOD: would
        Rel: melt
        Arg1: some of the Earth 's polar ice caps
        ArgM-ADV: [*-1] raising the level of the oceans and causing widespread flooding of heavily populated coastal areas

Example: intransitive

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

        A partnership with a Williamsburg , Va. , unit of Shell Oil Co. recently patented a process for [*] producing plastic food containers that [*T*-1] wo n't melt in microwave ovens .

        Arg1: [*T*-1]
        ArgM-RCL: that -> plastic food containers
        ArgM-MOD: wo
        ArgM-NEG: n't
        Rel: melt
        ArgM-LOC: in microwave ovens