Predicate: polish

polish: Frames file for 'polish' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entries 9.9, 10.4.1.

Roleset id: polish.01 , make shiny, vncls: 9.9 10.4.1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: polisher (vnrole: 9.9-Agent, 10.4.1-Agent)
        Arg1: thing getting shiny (vnrole: 9.9-Destination, 10.4.1-Theme)
        Arg2: instrument (vnrole: 9.9-Theme)
        Arg3: end state, attribute

Example: now that's dedication

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

        On weekends, she-1 came to work to prepare study plans or sometimes,
        even *trace*-1 to polish the furniture in her classroom.

        Argm-tmp: sometimes
        Argm-dis: even
        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: polish
        Arg1: the furniture in her classroom

Example: with instrument

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

        John polished the floor with motor oil.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: polished
        Arg1: the floor
        Arg2: with motor oil

Example: with end state

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

        John polished his head to a blinding glare.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: polished
        Arg1: his head
        Arg3: to a blinding glare


Predicate: polish_off

Roleset id: polish.02 , finish, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: finisher, agent
        Arg1: thing finished

Example: growing boy

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

        In one sitting, John polished off a bag of Oreos, three pints of
        Ben & Jerry's, a whole watermelon, half a keg of beer, and a
        pound of jellybeans, but he passed on the "wafer-thin mints".

        Argm-tmp: In one sitting
        Arg0: John
        Rel: polished off
        Arg1: a bag of Oreos, three pints of Ben & Jerry's, a whole watermelon, half a keg of beer, and a pound of jellybeans


Predicate: polish_up

Roleset id: polish.03 , polish completely, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: polisher
        Arg1: thing being polished
        Arg2: instrument
        Arg3: end state

Example: metaphorical polishing

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

        That limited judgment was toppled by Conceptualism which-2 *T*-2 devalued everything visual in art and instead polished up the stature of ideas.

        Argm-slc: which-2 --> Conceptualism
        Arg0: *-2
        Argm-adv: instead
        Rel: [polished][up]
        Arg1: the stature of ideas