Predicate: pick
Roleset id: pick.01 , select from a group, vncls: 13.5.1, framnet:
pick.01: Frames file for 'pick' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
Verbnet class get-13.5.1, other framed members include buy, call,
catch, earn, find, gain, get, hire, order, pull, reach, win.
Comparison with 'get'.
Roles:
Arg0: picker (vnrole: 13.5.1-agent)
Arg1: thing picked (vnrole: 13.5.1-theme)
Arg2: group or source (vnrole: 13.5.1-source)
Arg3: benefactive (vnrole: 13.5.1-beneficiary)
Example: boring transitive
Since the value of its assets wasn't known, analysts-1 were free
*trace*-1 to pick a number.
Arg0: *trace*
Rel: pick
Arg1: a number
Example: benefactive, sorta
The 486 is the descendant of a long series of Intel chips that
began dominating the market ever since IBM picked the 16-bit 8088
chip for its first personal computer.
Arg0: IBM
Rel: picked
Arg1: the 16-bit 8088 chip
Arg3: for its first personal computer
Example: with group
John picked a mismatched pair of socks from the pile on his floor.
Arg0: John
Rel: picked
Arg1: a mismatched pair of socks
Arg2: from the pile on his floor
Example: special case: pick apples (or crops in general)
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: perfect, voice: active, form: full
Mr. Auvil, razor sharp at 83, has picked and packed a zillion
pecks of apples over the past 65 years.
Arg0: Mr. Auvil, razor sharp at 83
Rel: picked
Arg1: a zillion pecks of apples
Argm-tmp: over the past 65 years
Roleset id: pick.10 , Pick away at, take small pieces out of, vncls: 39.2-1, framnet:
pick.10: Roleset based on instances in Webtext-SEL. VerbNet entry chew-39.2-1. Framed by Claire.
Roles:
Arg0: Agent, picker (vnrole: 39.2-1-agent)
Arg1: Patient, thing picked at (vnrole: 39.2-1-patient)
Example: Idiom: pick brains
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
[Everyone]-1 wants *PRO*-1 to pick Jon 's brain on this year 's American Idol .
Arg0: *PRO*-1
Rel: pick
Arg1: Jon's brain
Argm-loc: on this year's American Idol
Example: Connative alternation
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
She picked at her pasta lifelessly as her sister droned on and on about new hair clients that were coming to the house.
Arg0: She
Rel: picked
Arg1: at her pasta
Argm-mnr: lifelessly
Argm-tmp: as her sister droned on and on about her new hair clients...
Predicate: pick_on
Roleset id: pick.02 , pick on: bully, vncls: , framnet:
pick.02: WSJ doesn't seem to show this construction.
Roles:
Arg0: bully
Arg1: bullied
Example: straightforward
Mary picks on John relentlessly.
Arg0: Mary
Rel: [picks] [on]
Arg1: John
Argm-mnr: relentlessly
Roleset id: pick.07 , remove small pieces from, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: remover, picker, agent
Arg1: thing picked at
Example: with redundant particle
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
Desperate, he has called in the Libyans to help fight the rebels
of the Somali National Movement in the north, which is only one
of several groups picking away at the regime in the capital of
Mogadishu.
Arg0: several small groups
Rel: picking
Argm-dir: away
Arg1: at the regime in the capital of Mogadishu
Roleset id: pick.09 , work at with long slender instrument, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: picker
Arg1: thing picked (at)
Example: you can pick your friends...
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
When we go there, it's quite different from these Hollywood places
where the sandwiches are spread out on the table and the people
are picking their noses.''
Arg0: the people
Rel: picking
Arg1: their noses
Example: pick at
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Red tractors gingerly picked at the rubble while jackhammers tried
to break up some of the massive slabs of concrete.
Arg0: Red tractors
Argm-mnr: gingerly
Rel: picked
Arg1: at the rubble
Argm-tmp: while jackhammers tried to break up some of the massive slabs of concrete
Predicate: pick_out
pick_out: otherwise identical to "pick" above
Roleset id: pick.03 , select from a group, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: picker
Arg1: thing picked
Arg2: group or source
Example: made up
John picked out a bunch of flowers from the pile in the dumpster.
Arg0: John
Rel: [picked] [out]
Arg1: a bunch of flowers
Arg2: from the pile in the dumpster
Predicate: pick_up
Roleset id: pick.04 , pick up: acquire, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: agent, entity acquiring something
Arg1: thing acquired
Arg2: seller
Arg3: price paid
Arg4: benefactive
Example: basic transitive
Thus the band-wagon psychology of recent days picks up new
impetus.
Argm-dis: Thus
Arg0: the band-wagon psychology of recent days
Rel: [ picks] [ up]
Arg1: new impetus
Example: with price
There, on one of his first shopping trips, Mr. Paul picked up
several paintings at stunning prices.
Argm-loc: There
Argm-tmp: on one of his first shopping trips
Arg0: Mr. Paul
Rel: [ picked] [ up]
Arg1: several paintings
Arg3: at stunning prices
Example: pushing the metaphor
When the announcement came out, ``I picked up the phone and said,
`Why don't you come to us?''' Mr. Spielvogel said.
Arg0: I
Rel: [ picked] [ up]
Arg1: the phone
Example: other args
John picked up a box of chocolates from the grocer for Mary.
Arg0: John
Rel: [picked] [up]
Arg1: a box of chocolates
Arg2: from the grocer
Arg4: for Mary
Roleset id: pick.05 , pick up: increase, vncls: , framnet:
pick.05: Actually, I doubt this will show start/end points.
Roles:
Arg1: thing increasing
Arg2: amount increased by, EXT or MNR
Arg3: start point
Arg4: end point
Example: basic
If sales don't pick up, the cuts will go deeper and incentives
will sprout again.
Arg1: sales
Argm-neg: n't
Rel: [ pick] [ up]
Roleset id: pick.06 , pick up: resume, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: agent of resuming
Arg1: thing resuming or continuing
Example: person as event
The arg1 is an unstated 'the conversation' or something
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Skipping personal pleasantries, Mr. Lee picked up exactly where he
left off several months earlier -- before the government crackdown
in China -- when he had warned that the orthodox leadership in
Beijing feared a plurality of views.
Argm-adv: Skipping personal pleasantries
Arg0: Mr. Lee
Rel: [picked] [up]
Argm-loc: exactly where he left off several months earlier -- before the government crackdown in China -- when he had warned that the orthodox leadership in Beijing feared a plurality of views
Roleset id: pick.11 , discover, spot, find, notice, vncls: 84 29.5 30.2, framnet:
pick.11: compare to discover.01
Roles:
Arg0: finder (vnrole: 84-agent, 29.5-agent, 30.2-experiencer)
Arg1: thing found, discovery (vnrole: 84-theme, 29.5-theme, 30.2-stimulus)
Example: Medical procedure as Arg0
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Routine mammogram picked up mass in right breast.
Arg0: Routine mammogram
Rel: picked up
Arg1: mass in right breast
Predicate: pick_off
Roleset id: pick.08 , pick off: remove pieces, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: remover, agent
Arg1: pieces
Arg2: source
Example: no source
I'm not actually sure the source argument can appear.
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: gerund
But Saatchi's troubles have only whipped up interest among
outsiders-1 interested [*]-1 in [*]-1 picking off pieces of its ad
businesses.
Arg0: [*]
Rel: [picking] [off]
Arg1: pieces of its ad businesses