Predicate: plunge

plunge: Frames file for 'plunge' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus and comparison with 'fall'

Roleset id: plunge.01 , fall precipitously, vncls: 45.6-1 47.7, framnet:

plunge.01: For examples of usage of the higher-numbered Args refer to 'fall'

Roles:

        Arg1: Logical subject, patient, thing falling (vnrole: 45.6-1-patient, 47.7-theme)
        Arg2: EXT, amount fallen (vnrole: 45.6-1-extent)
        Arg3: start point
        Arg4: end point, end state of arg1
        Argm: medium (vnrole: 45.6-1-attribute)

Example: EXT

        The Mexico Fund plunged about 18%

        Arg1: The Mexico Fund
        Rel: plunged
        Arg2: about 18%

Example: variant

        Japanese intervention has kept [the US currency]-1 from *trace*-1 plunging
        below key levels against the mark.

        Arg1: *trace*
        Rel: plunging
        Arg4: below key levels
        Argm-loc: against the mark

Roleset id: plunge.02 , put under water, vncls: 51.1-2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: placer, causer of underwater-ness
        Arg1: thing being put under water (vnrole: 51.1-2-theme)
        Arg2: water (vnrole: 51.1-2-location)

Example: ergative

        "Attention" yelled our pilot as our basket plunged into the canal.

        Arg1: our basket
        Rel: plunged
        Arg2: into the canal

Example: agentive

        We scuttled along for a few feet before he plunged us into the drink
        again.

        Arg0: he
        Rel: plunged
        Arg1: us
        Arg2: into the drink
        Argm-tmp: again