Predicate: preoccupy
preoccupy: Frames file for 'preoccupy' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet
entry 31.4.
Roleset id: preoccupy.01 , demand full attention, vncls: 31.4, framnet:
Roles:
To my ear, args 0 and 2 cannot cooccur, but the prepositional usage of
arg2 does imply that the two are separate arguments.
Arg0: causer of preoccupation (vnrole: 31.1-Cause)
Arg1: preoccupied entity (vnrole: 31.1-Experiencer)
Arg2: focus of attention (vnrole: 31.4-Theme)
Example: usually passive
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
Worst of all, Nissan-1 was preoccupied *trace*-1 with management
infighting, cronyism and corporate rigidity.
ArgM-DIS: Worst of all
Rel: preoccupied
Arg1: *trace*
Arg2: with management infighting, cronyism and
corporate rigidity
Example: occasionally active
person: third, tense: present, aspect: perfect, voice: ns, form: participle
Foreign exchange dealers said that the currency market has begun
to distance itself from the volatile stock exchange, which *trace*
has preoccupied the market since Oct. 13, when the Dow Jones
Industrial Average plunged more than 190 points.
Arg0: *trace*
ArgM-RCL: which -> the volatile stock exchange
Rel: preoccupied
Arg1: the market
ArgM-TMP: since Oct. 13, when the Dow Jones
Industrial Average plunged more than 190 points