Predicate: nickname

nickname: Frames file for 'nickname' based on sentences in financial subcorpus and automatic expansion via verbnet.

Roleset id: nickname.01 , assign a nickname, vncls: 29.3, framnet:

nickname.01: The fact that the active seems awkward (at best) might indicate that "nicknamed" is a predicative adjective, not a passivized verb.

Roles:

        Arg0: namer (vnrole: 29.3-Agent)
        Arg1: named (vnrole: 29.3-Theme)
        Arg2: name (vnrole: 29.3-Predicate)

Example: passive

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

        While Mr. Roderick was reared in the shadows of Pittsburgh's
        smoking mills, Mr. Corry grew up in Cincinnati, [a city]-1 nicknamed
        *trace*-1 ``Porkapolis'' and more accustomed to pork chops than pig
        iron.

        Rel: nicknamed
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg2: Porkapolis

Example: active seems a little odd

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

        Mary nicknamed John Squishy-squishy Nowaka Eblis O'Shaunessy.

        Arg0: Mary
        Rel: nicknamed
        Arg1: John
        Arg2: Squishy-squishy Nowaka Eblis O'Shaunessy