Predicate: push

push: Frames file for 'push' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.

Roleset id: push.01 , (try to) cause motion, vncls: 11.4-1-1 9.3-2-1 15.1-1 12-1-1 23.2, framnet: Manipulation , Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale , Cause_motion

push.01: Member of Vncls carry-11.4-1-1, funnel-9.3-2-1, hold-15.1-1, push-12-1-1, split-23.2. Comparison with 'pull', 'force' 'move'. Checked by Julia, 10/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: pusher (vnrole: 11.4-1-1-agent, 9.3-2-1-agent, 15.1-1-agent, 23.2-agent, 12-1-1-agent)
        Arg1: thing pushed (vnrole: 23.2-patient1, 11.4-1-1-theme, 9.3-2-1-theme, 15.1-1-theme, 12-1-1-theme, 23.2-patient)
        Arg2: direction, destination (vnrole: 11.4-1-1-destination, 23.2-patient2, 9.3-2-1-destination)

Example: semi-literal movement

        Moreover, the amended pact shows how McCaw's persistence has
        pushed LIN and BellSouth into a corner, forcing huge debt on the
        proposed new company.

        Arg0: McCaw 's persistence
        Rel: pushed
        Arg1: LIN and BellSouth
        Arg2: into a corner
        Argm-adv: forcing huge debt on the proposed new company

Example: stock prices

        Small-lot buying targeted at incentive-backed issues pushed up the
        Nikkei.

        Arg0: Small-lot buying targeted at incentive-backed issues
        Rel: pushed
        Arg2: up
        Arg1: the Nikkei

Example: two mentions of direction

        Speculative investors, betting on an imminent clash between Ford
        and GM, pushed up Jaguar's share price five pence (eight
        U.S. cents) to a near-record 720 pence ($11.60) in late trading on
        London's stock exchange yesterday.

        Arg0: Speculative investors
        Argm-prd: betting on an imminent clash between Ford and GM
        Rel: pushed
        Argm-dir: up
        Arg1: Jaguar's share price
        Arg2: to a near-record 720 pence ($11.60)
        Argm-loc: in late trading on London's stock exchange

Example: Congressional pushing

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

        But Mr. Brady endorsed the market-revision bill that-1 [both houses
        of Congress]-2 will try [*-2] to push [*T*-1] through this session.

        Arg0: [*-2] (= both houses of Congress)
        Rel: push
        Arg1: [*T*-1] (= that)
        Argm-slc: that -> the market-revision bill
        Arg2: through
        Argm-tmp: this session

Roleset id: push.02 , force, impelled action, vncls: 59, framnet:

push.02: Member of Vncls force-59. Updated by Julia, 10/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: forcer, pusher (vnrole: 59-agent)
        Arg1: impelled agent (vnrole: 59-patient)
        Arg2: impelled action (vnrole: 59-proposition)

Example: all args, expected positions

        The analysts argued that Georgia-Pacific's offer, the first
        hostile bid ever among major players in the paper industry...will
        push managements to look closely at the industry's several
        attractive takeover candidates.

        Arg0: Georgia-Pacific's offer, the first hostile bid ever among major players in the paper industry,
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: push
        Arg1: managements
        Arg2: to look closely at the industry's several attractive takeover candidates

Roleset id: push.03 , quasi-idiomatic: pushing some age, vncls: , framnet: -

push.03: No Vncls.

Roles:

        Arg1: aging person
        Arg2: age they're nearing

Example: almost dead

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

        Linda and Michael (Ms. Close and Mr. Woods), who-1 [*trace*-1]-2 seem
        [*-2] to be pushing 40, live in a large and tastefully decorated
        home in suburban Seattle.

        Arg1: [*-2]
        Rel: pushing
        Arg2: 40

Roleset id: push.05 , quasi-idiomatic: testing limit, vncls: , framnet: -

push.05: No Vncls.

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, cause, actor
        Arg1: thing pushed

Example: push the envelope

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

        [He]-1 kept on *-1 pushing the envelope.

        Arg0: [*-1]
        Rel: pushing
        Arg1: the envelope

Example: push the boundaries

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

        Gulf of Mexico operators push the boundaries of deepwater development.

        Arg0: Gulf of Mexico operators
        Rel: push
        Arg1: the boundaries of deepwater development

Roleset id: push.04 , advocate or advertise, vncls: , framnet: -

push.04: No Vncls.

Roles:

        Arg0: advocate
        Arg1: product

Example:

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

        Singer Coco Lee pushes Pacific Cellular's prepaid card.

        Arg0: Singer Coco Lee
        Rel: pushes
        Arg1: Pacific Cellular's prepaid card

Example:

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

        He is not pushing any particular viewpoint.

        Arg0: He
        Argm-neg: not
        Rel: pushing
        Arg1: any particular viewpoint