Predicate: pound

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

Roleset id: pound.02 , hit hard and repeatedly, vncls: 18.1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, hitter (vnrole: 18.1-agent)
        Arg1: thing hit (vnrole: 18.1-patient)
        Arg2: instrument, thing hit by or with (vnrole: 18.1-instrument)

Example: very literal

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

        ``I don't think most of the people that have been around me would
        ever say they've seen me pound the table or get angry.''

        Arg0: me
        Rel: pound
        Arg1: the table

Example: passivized

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

        [The stock of UAL Corp.]-1 continued *trace*-1 to be pounded *trace*-1
        amid signs that British Airways may balk at any hasty
        reformulation of the aborted $6.79 billion buy-out of United
        Airlines' parent.

        Rel: pounded
        Arg1: *trace*
        Argm-loc: amid signs that British Airways may balk at any hasty reformulation of the aborted $6.79 billion buy-out of United Airlines' parent

Example: violence

        Mary pounded John with a wet noodle.

        Arg0: Mary
        Rel: pounded
        Arg1: John
        Arg2: with a wet noodle

Roleset id: pound.03 , create a substance by pounding, vncls: 26.1, framnet:

pound.03: This sense is very close to pound.02, and if the end product is unstated the two cannot be distinguished. Perhaps they should be merged?

Roles:

        Arg0: creator (vnrole: 26.1-agent)
        Arg1: thing pounded, raw material (vnrole: 26.1-material)
        Arg2: end product (vnrole: 26.1-product)

Example: all args

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

        Mary pounded John to a bloody pulp.

        Arg0: Mary
        Rel: pounded
        Arg1: John
        Arg2: to a bloody pulp

Roleset id: pound.04 , move quickly but heavily, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: entity in motion
        Arg1: path

Example: pounding the pavement

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

        Watson pounded to the crawling man and stopped , [*-1] panting heavily .

        Arg0: Watson
        Rel: pounded
        Arg1: to the crawling man

Roleset id: pound.05 , Pulsating outwardly, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg1: Entity pulsating

Example: Heart pounding

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

        Her heart pounded against her chest.

        Arg1: Her heart
        Rel: pounded
        Argm-dir: against her chest

Example: Head pounding

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

        After three tequilas, Marlene's head was pounding in pain.

        Argm-tmp: After three tequilas
        Arg1: Marlene's head
        Rel: pounding
        Argm-mnr: in pain


Predicate: pound_out

Roleset id: pound.01 , extract, produce, vncls: 9.3, framnet:

pound.01: Unlike other 'extract' verbs (classes 10.1, 10.2), 'pound out' does not seem to take a source argument.

Roles:

        Arg0: pounder, extractor (vnrole: 9.3-agent)
        Arg1: thing extracted (vnrole: 9.3-theme)

Example: production

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

        John can pound out 50 verb frames a week.

        Arg0: John
        Argm-mod: can
        Rel: [pound] [out]
        Arg1: 50 verb frames
        Argm-tmp: a week