Frameset - pause-v

Predicate: pause

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

Roleset id: pause.01 , to suspend an action, to hesitate, vncls: 53.1, framnet:

Roles:

Arg0: thing pausing, agent or action (vnrole: 53.1-agent)

Example: with purpose

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

        Mr. Perry , who [*T*-1] runs Unilever Group 's world-wide personal-care business , paused [*-2] to scan the crowd .

        Arg0: Mr. Perry , who [*T*-1] runs Unilever Group 's world-wide personal-care business ,
        Rel: paused
        Argm-pnc: [*-2] to scan the crowd

Example: with temporal ArgM

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

        -- If Dow Industrials fall 25 points at opening , contract trading pauses for 10 minutes .

        Argm-adv: If Dow Industrials fall 25 points at opening
        Arg0: contract trading
        Rel: pauses
        Argm-tmp: for 10 minutes