Predicate: rain
rain: Frames file for 'rain' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 57.
Roleset id: rain.01 , rain, vncls: 57, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: metaphorical agent
Arg1: metaphorical rain (vnrole: 57-Theme)
Arg2: rained upon
Example: pure weather phenomena = no args
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
It didn't help that on Saturday, after three days of sunshine, it
rained.
ArgM-TMP: on Saturday
ArgM-TMP: after three days of sunshine
Rel: rained
Example: maximally metaphorical
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The earthquake shattered windows at San Francisco International's
air-traffic control tower and rained pieces of the ceiling down on
controllers, three of whom suffered minor injuries.
Arg0: The earthquake
Rel: rained
Arg1: pieces of the ceiling
ArgM-DIR: down
Arg2: on controllers, three of whom suffered minor
injuries
Example: single arg metaphor
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
After two years of drought, it rained money in the stock-index
futures markets yesterday.
ArgM-TMP: After two years of drought
Rel: rained
Arg1: money
ArgM-LOC: in the stock-index futures markets
ArgM-TMP: yesterday