Predicate: ring

ring: Frames file for 'ring' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: ring.01 , to (cause) to make a sound of a bell, vncls: 43.2, framnet: Cause_to_make_noise , Make_noise

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of ringing (vnrole: 43.2-agent)
        Arg1: bell (vnrole: 43.2-theme)
        Arg2: ring for

Example: passive

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        According to a nationwide survey taken [*] a year ago , [nearly a third of England 's church bells]-1 are no longer rung [*-1] on Sundays because there is no one [0] [*T*-2] to ring them .

        Argm-neg: no longer
        Rel: rung
        Arg1: [*-1] (nearly of a third of England's church bells)
        Argm-tmp: on Sundays
        Argm-cau: because there is no one [0] [*T*-2] to ring them

Example: with Arg2

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

        `` [*-1] To ring for even one service at this tower , we-1 have [*-1] to scrape , '' says [*T*-2] Mr. Hammond , a retired water-authority worker .

        Arg0: [*-1] (we)
        Rel: ring
        Arg2: for even one service
        Argm-loc: at this tower

Example: intransitive with Arg0

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

        One survey says that of the 100,000 trained bellringers in England today , only 40,000 of them still ring .

        Argm-adv: of the 100,000 trained bellringers in England today
        Arg0: only 40,000
        Argm-tmp: still
        Rel: ring

Example: intransitive with Arg1

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

        There were too many phones ringing and too many things happening [*] to expect market makers to be as efficient as robots .

        Arg1: too many phones
        Rel: ringing

Roleset id: ring.02 , to surround, vncls: 47.8 9.8, framnet: -

ring.02: VN updated by Julia. Member of Vncls fill-9.8, contiguous_location-47.8.

Roles:

        Arg0: causal agent (vnrole: 9.8-agent)
        Arg1: surrounding entity (vnrole: 47.8-theme1, 9.8-theme)
        Arg2: surrounded entity (vnrole: 47.8-theme2, 9.8-destination)

Example: both arguments

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

        Meanwhile , in the squat office buildings that [*T*-1] ring Fashion Island , the odds [*ICH*-3] are good that someone is getting fleeced [*-2] .

        Arg1: [*T*-1]
        Argm-rcl: that -> the squat office buildings
        Rel: ring
        Arg2: Fashion Island

Roleset id: ring.04 , telephone, vncls: , framnet: Contacting

ring.04: Typically British.

Roles:

        Arg0: caller
        Arg1: called

Example: London calling...

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

        With sudden energy , she went to the phone and rang Holden 's office and asked for him .

        Argm-mnr: With sudden energy
        Arg0: she
        Rel: rang
        Arg1: Holden 's office

Roleset id: ring.05 , idiom: ring true, vncls: , framnet:

ring.05: Frame added by Arrick

Roles:

        Arg1: thing with truth
        Arg2: fixed: true

Example: -

        Medical doctor Chang Chau-hsiung, [whose advice]-9 [*T*]-9 rings [*]-9
        true to his profession, has formally taken off his physician 's coat * to
        vie for office as James Soong 's running mate.

        Arg1: [*T*]-9
        Rel: rings
        Arg2: [*]-9 true to his profession


Predicate: ring_up

Roleset id: ring.03 , to record, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: recorder
        Arg1: entity rung up

Example: transitive

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

        Younkers rang up sales [*ICH*-1] in 1988 [of $ 313 million [*U*]]-1 .

        Arg0: Younkers
        Rel: [ rang] [ up]
        Arg1: [ sales [*ICH*-1]]
        Argm-tmp: in 1988