Predicate: populate
populate: Frames file for 'populate' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.
Roleset id: populate.01 , provide inhabitants for, fill with inhabitants, vncls: , framnet:
populate.01: This is based on 'fill' and it is crucial to distinguish between the
agent causing some area to have a population, and the population
itself.
Roles:
Arg0: provider
Arg1: area
Arg2: population
Example: area and population
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
With more than 15 million exercise bikes sold in the past five
years, he adds, ``[a lot of garages, basements and attics]-1 must be
populated *trace*-1 with them.''
ArgM-ADV: With more than 15 million exercise bikes
sold in the past five years
ArgM-MOD: must
Rel: populated
Arg1: *trace*
Arg2: with them
Example: agent and area
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive
Las Colinas, once a huge Texas ranch, is a sprawling complex of
office buildings, homes and recreational facilities that [its
developers]-1 have been struggling *trace*-1 to populate *trace* in
recent years.
Arg0: *trace*
Rel: populate
Arg1: *trace*
ArgM-RCL: that -> a sprawling complex
Example: population as subject
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: gerund
There are moments in this ``Summerfolk'' when the characters
populating the vast multilevel country house (which looks like a
parody of Frank Lloyd Wright and is designed by Victoria
Petrovich) spout philosophic bon mots with the self-conscious
rat-a-tat-tat pacing of ``Laugh In.''
Arg2: the characters
Rel: populating
Arg1: the vast multilevel country house (which looks like
a parody of Frank Lloyd Wright and is designed by Victoria
Petrovich)