Predicate: plummet
plummet: Frames file for 'plummet' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
Verbnet entry 45.6, other framed members include decrease and
increase, among many others. Framenet entries Scalar Position 2,
Path Shape. Comparison with 'plunge'.
Roleset id: plummet.01 , fall dramatically, vncls: 45.6, framnet:
Roles:
Arg1: Logical subject, patient, thing falling (vnrole: 45.6-patient)
Arg2: EXT, amount fallen (vnrole: 45.6-extent)
Arg3: start point
Arg4: end point, end state of arg1
Argm: medium
Example: all args
person: third, tense: present, aspect: perfect, voice: active, form: participle
...UAL stock has plummeted by 41% to 168 1/2 from 285 1/4.
Arg1: UAL stock
Rel: plummeted
Arg2: by 41%
Arg4: to 168 1/2
Arg3: from 285 1/4
Example: with medium
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
UAL ... reversed course and plummeted in off-exchange trading
after the 5:09 p.m. EDT announcement.
Arg1: UAL
Rel: plummeted
Argm-loc: in off-exchange trading
Argm-tmp: after the 5:09 p.m. EDT announcement
Example: different kind of end point
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
John plummeted to his death.
Arg1: John
Rel: plummeted
Arg4: to his death