Predicate: pitch

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

Roleset id: pitch.01 , throw, vncls: 17.1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: thrower (vnrole: 17.1-Agent)
        Arg1: thing thrown (vnrole: 17.1-Patient)
        Arg2: thrown at, to, over, etc (vnrole: 17.1-Destination)

Example: another direction

        ``Stocks-1 were being pitched *trace*-1 out of windows at any price.''

        Rel: pitched
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg2: out of windows
        ArgM: at any price

Example: boring example

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

        He already has achieved vertical integration on a limited scale:
        Quebecor-1 can put a weekly newspaper on almost any Quebec doorstep
        without using outside help, from chopping down the tree to making
        the newsprint to *trace*-1 pitching it up onto the porch.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: pitching
        Arg1: it
        Arg2: up onto the porch

Example: pitching as advertising

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        But now, [Charlie Brown]-1 is about *trace*-1 to start *trace*-1 pitching
        everything from Chex Party Mix to light bulbs.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: pitching
        Arg1: everything from Chex Party Mix to light bulbs

Roleset id: pitch.02 , set a musical tone, vncls: , framnet:

pitch.02: Verbal usage of this sense is vanishingly rare.

Roles:

        Arg0: setter of tone, agent
        Arg1: tone
        Arg2: value

Example: almost adjectival

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

        It isn't every day that we hear a Violetta who can sing the first
        act's high-flying music with [all the little notes]-1 perfectly
        pitched *trace*-1 and neatly stitched together.

        ArgM-MNR: perfectly
        Rel: pitched
        Arg1: *trace*

Example: more args

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

        John pitches his voice as low as possible in order to attract babes.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: pitches
        Arg1: his voice
        Arg2: as low as possible
        Argm-PNC: in order to attract babes

Roleset id: pitch.04 , advertise in strongly positive terms, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: advertiser, agent
        Arg1: thing touted
        Arg2: attribute of arg1
        Arg3: recipient

Example: sales pitch

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

        Using cinema, television and print ads, the company pitches
        Southern Comfort as a grand old drink of the antebellum American
        South.

        Argm-MNR: Using cinema, television and print ads
        Arg0: the company
        Rel: pitches
        Arg1: Southern Comfort
        Arg2: as a grand old drink of the antebellum American South


Predicate: pitch_in

Roleset id: pitch.03 , pitch in: cooperate, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: cooperators

Example: let's work together

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

        ``Everybody pretty much pitched in and cooperated,'' said Stan
        Perez, a sergeant with the California Highway Patrol.

        Arg0: Everybody
        Argm-ADV: pretty much
        Rel: [pitched] [in]