Predicate: resign

resign: Frames file for 'resign' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus

Roleset id: resign.01 , quit, cease employment, vncls: , framnet:

resign.01: Ignore the "rather than ..."

Roles:

        Arg0: resigner
        Arg1: position resigned

Example: simple NP

        NW Ayer resigned the account about two weeks ago.

        Arg0: NW Ayer
        Rel: resigned
        Arg1: the account
        Argm-tmp: about two weeks ago

Example: conjoined

        Michael K. Russell will resign rather than relocate to Lower Slobovia.

        Arg0: Michael K. Russell
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: resign

Example: with preposition

        Mr. Stromach resigned as chief executive officer last year.

        Arg0: Mr. Stromach
        Rel: resigned
        Arg1: as chief executive officer
        Argm-tmp: last year

Roleset id: resign.02 , adjectival, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg1: experiencer of emotional resignation
        Arg2: resigned to what

Example: sigh

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

        [Mr. Jones, whose twangy voice and folksy ways belie an intense
        businessman who works 16-hour days,]-1 is resigned [*-1] to the
        hefty salaries he pays his players these days.

        Rel: resigned
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Arg2: to the hefty salaries he pays his players these days

Roleset id: resign.03 , re-sign, sign again, vncls: , framnet:

resign.03: Context must be used where there is no hyphen to determine if this sense is appropriate.

Roles:

        Arg0: Signer
        Arg1: Talent, contract signed
        Arg2: Signed as what, what role arg1 is signed as

Example: Really ambiguous...but other sense also seems weird

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

        N W Ayer , the New York agency that had handled the account since 1963 , resigned the account about two weeks ago .

        Arg0: N W Ayer , the New York agency that had handled the account since 1963
        Rel: resigned
        Arg1: te account
        Argm-tmp: about two weeks ago

Example: Music domain, more typical usage

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

        They resigned her in 1969 attempting, once again, to fit her into a pop niche since it seemed her voice was beyond categorization.

        Arg0: They
        Rel: resigned
        Arg1: her
        Argm-tmp: in 1969
        Argm-prp: attempting, once again, to fit her into a pop niche since it seemed her voice was beyond categorization.

Example: Sports domain

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

        Kidd's contract expired and they resigned him as a free agent this past summer.

        Arg0: they
        Rel: resigned
        Arg1: him
        Arg2: as a free agent
        Argm-tmp: this past summer