Predicate: pass

pass: Frames file for 'pass' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus and comparison with 'fail', 'give', 'send', and reference to verbnet classes give-13.1, send-11.1, and throw-17.1. There are probably a million senses and phrasals I've missed; the syntax tends to be pretty straightforward, so if you encounter them while tagging just go ahead and add them.

Roleset id: pass.01 , bill becomes law, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: legislative body
        Arg1: bill, state prior to passing
        Arg2: law, state after passing

Example: passive

        The Senate-House conference committee is used when [a bill]-1 is passed
        *trace*-1 by the House and Senate in different forms.

        Arg1: *trace*
        Rel: passed
        Arg0: by the House and Senate
        Argm-mnr: in different forms

Example: distinguishing arg1 from arg2

        John passed the bill into law.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: passed
        Arg1: the bill
        Arg2: into law

Roleset id: pass.02 , overtake, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: entity moving ahead
        Arg1: entity falling behind

Example: transitive

        [A couple of my law clerks]-1 were going *trace*-1 to pass me in three or
        four years.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: pass
        Arg1: me
        Argm-tmp: in three or four years.

Roleset id: pass.03 , go by, vncls: 47.7 48.3, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg1: thing passing (vnrole: 47.7-theme, 48.3-theme)

Example: time passes

        Hardly a day passes without news photos of the police dragging limp
        protestors from some building.

        Arg1: Hardly a day
        Rel: passes
        Argm-adv: without news photos of the police dragging limp protestors from some building

Roleset id: pass.04 , allow to go by, vncls: 66 104, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: allower (vnrole: 66-agent, 104-agent)
        Arg1: thing let go by (vnrole: 66-theme, 104-theme)

Example: no object

        Faced with a losing poker hand, John passed.

        Argm-adv: Faced with a losing poker hand
        Arg0: John
        Rel: passed

Example: NP object

        Warner has passed *trace*-1, or chosen not to produce, [at least 76]-1.

        Arg0: Warner
        Rel: passed
        Arg1: *trace*

Example: PP object

        John passed on the opportunity to go spelunking.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: passed
        Arg1: on the opportunity to go spelunking

Roleset id: pass.05 , give, vncls: 13.1 17.1-1 11.1-1, framnet:

pass.05: Similarly "pass_along", which is often misparsed in Treebank.

Roles:

        Arg0: giver (vnrole: 13.1-agent, 17.1-1-agent, 11.1-1-agent)
        Arg1: thing changing hands (vnrole: 13.1-theme, 17.1-1-theme, 11.1-1-theme)
        Arg2: getter (vnrole: 13.1-recipient, 17.1-1-destination, 11.1-1-destination)

Example: idiomatic meaning, compositional syntax

        He is just passing the buck to young people.

        Arg0: He
        Argm-dis: just
        Rel: passing
        Arg1: the buck
        Arg2: to young people

Roleset id: pass.06 , suffice, get away (with), vncls: , framnet:

pass.06: Can also be "pass as"

Roles:

        Arg1: thing passing
        Arg2: attributive

Example: pass for

        ...the claptrap that *trace* passes for consensus in various
        international institutions.

        Arg1: *trace*
        Argm-rcl: that -> the claptrap
        Rel: passes
        Arg2: for consensus
        Argm-loc: in various international institutions.

Roleset id: pass.07 , pass a class, pass a test, vncls: , framnet:

pass.07: One presumes the test itself is not lighter than air.

Roles:

        Arg1: student
        Arg2: test

Example: success!

        The number of balloonists who *trace* have passed a Federal
        Aviation Authority lighter-than-air test has doubled in the last year.

        Arg1: *trace*
        Argm-rcl: who -> The number of balloonists
        Rel: passed
        Arg2: a Federal Aviation Authority lighter-than-air test

Roleset id: pass.08 , Push through a passage (like a clot), vncls: , framnet: -

pass.08: Reframed by Julia. No VNcls.

Roles:

        Arg0: passer
        Arg1: thing passed (clot, gas, kidney stone, etc)

Example: whoever smelt it...

        Cruz then allegedly moved closer to one of the officers and passed gas, the station reported.

        Arg0: Cruz
        Argm-tmp: then
        Argm-adv: allegedly
        Rel: passed
        Arg1: gas

Example: Bladder sharks?

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

        Recently I passed a kidney stone that looked like a shark's tooth.

        Argm-tmp: Recently
        Arg0: I
        Rel: passed
        Arg1: a kidney stone that looked like a shark's tooth

Example: Why are all these examples so painful?

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

        My partner passed a blood clot in his urine today after falling through his ceiling about 2 weeks ago and bruising his boy bits.

        Arg0: My partner
        Rel: passed
        Arg1: a blood clot
        Argm-mnr: in his urine
        Argm-tmp: today
        Argm-tmp: after falling through his ceiling about 2 weeks ago and bruising his boy bits

Example: non-medical/bodily-function-related

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

        If the line passed a clog, it's probably sitting in your filter causing a by-pass situation.

        Arg0: the line
        Rel: passed
        Arg1: a clog


Predicate: pass_by

Roleset id: pass.17 , overtake, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: entity moving ahead; passing entity
        Arg1: entity falling behind; thing passed

Example:

        ... an important official or a member of the gentry passed by in
        a carriage or sedan chair...

        Arg0: an important official or a member of the gentry
        Rel: [passed] [by]
        Argm-mnr: in a carriage or sedan chair


Predicate: pass_off

Roleset id: pass.18 , offer for acceptance under false pretext, vncls: , framnet:

pass.18: Frame created by Jena

Roles:

        Arg0: faker
        Arg1: thing offered
        Arg2: (possibly) duped judge
        Arg3: fake attribute of Arg1

Example:

        The charges ran the gamut from not filling out proper forms to *-1 purchasing
        phoney export contracts and trying *-1 to pass them off to customs.

        Arg0: *-1
        Rel: [pass] [off]
        Arg1: them
        Arg2: to customs

Example: with arg3

        John-1 tried *-1 to pass himself off as an airline pilot.

        Arg0: *-1
        Rel: [pass] [off]
        Arg1: himself
        Arg3: as an airline pilot


Predicate: pass_on

pass_on: frame by Perryn

Roleset id: pass.09 , give, vncls: 11.1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: giver (vnrole: 11.1-agent)
        Arg1: thing changing hands (vnrole: 11.1-theme)
        Arg2: getter (vnrole: 11.1-destination)

Example: give

        Insurers typically pass on a small percentage of the risks they
        underwrite (to their customers).

        Arg0: Insurers
        Argm-tmp: typically
        Rel: [pass] [on]
        Arg1: a small percentage of the risks they underwrite
        Arg2: to their customers

Roleset id: pass.19 , to move past, vncls: 11.1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: mover (vnrole: 11.1-agent)
        Arg1: thing moved, package (vnrole: 11.1-theme)
        Arg1: moved from (vnrole: 11.1-source)
        Arg2: moved to (vnrole: 11.1-destination)

Example: sending a package

        He passed on the package from Mary to John.

        Arg0: He
        Rel: passed on
        Arg1: the package
        Arg2: Mary
        Arg3: John

Roleset id: pass.14 , transmit, vncls: 11.1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: transmitter (vnrole: 11.1-agent)
        Arg1: thing transmitted (vnrole: 11.1-theme)
        Arg2: transmitted to (vnrole: 11.1-destination)

Example: passive

        Both the costs and the savings could be passed on to shippers on the
        TransCanada pipeline.

        Arg1: Both the costs and the savings
        Argm-mod: could
        Rel: [passed] [on]
        Arg2: to shippers on the TransCanada pipeline.

Roleset id: pass.15 , die, vncls: , framnet:

pass.15: Frame edited by Arrick

Roles:

        Arg1: thing dying

Example: so sorry

        John's cat passed on last week.

        Arg1: John's cat
        Rel: [passed] [on]
        Argm-tmp: last week


Predicate: pass_out

Roleset id: pass.10 , distribute, vncls: 13.2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: distributor (vnrole: 13.2-agent)
        Arg1: thing distributed (vnrole: 13.2-theme)
        Arg2: distributed to (vnrole: 13.2-recipient)

Example: passive

        [The test booklets]-1 were passed *trace*-1 out 48 hours ahead of time.

        Arg1: *trace*
        Rel: [passed] [out]
        Argm-tmp: 48 hours ahead of time

Roleset id: pass.11 , faint, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: fainter

Example: sexist, sorry

        Mary passes out at the sight of blood.

        Arg0: Mary
        Rel: [passes] [out]
        Argm-tmp: at the sight of blood


Predicate: pass_over

Roleset id: pass.12 , ignore, leave behind, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: ignorer
        Arg1: thing ignored

Example: transitive active

        ...a small French merchant bank that Deutsche Bank had looked at and
        passed *trace* over.

        Arg0: Deutsche Bank
        Rel: [passed] [over]
        Arg1: *trace*
        Argm-rcl: that -> a small French merchant bank


Predicate: pass_up

Roleset id: pass.13 , relinquish, vncls: , framnet:

pass.13: Similarly "pass_by"

Roles:

        Arg0: entity relinquishing one item
        Arg1: item relinquished
        Arg2: in favor of another

Example: transitive

        Gorbachev-1 is unlikely *trace*-1 to pass up the opportunity to press
        once again for negotiated cuts in the navies of both nations.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: [pass] [up]
        Arg1: the opportunity to press once again for negotiated cuts in the navies of both nations


Predicate: pass_away

Roleset id: pass.16 , die, vncls: , framnet:

pass.16: Frame added by Arrick

Roles:

        Arg1: dead entity

Example: die

        but you have [unintellegible] 0 Lewis Powell was one of your sources because he 's
        passed away.

        Arg1: he
        Rel: [passed] [away]