Predicate: ripen

ripen: Frames file for 'ripen' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 45.4, along with about half the verbs in the English language.

Roleset id: ripen.01 , (make) become ripe, vncls: 45.4, framnet:

ripen.01: That won't work, by the way; peaches don't get any sweeter once they leave the tree. Always buy tree-ripened peaches.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of ripening (vnrole: 45.4-Agent)
        Arg1: thing becoming ripe (vnrole: 45.4-Patient)

Example: unaccusative

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

        It's made only in years when the grapes ripen perfectly (the last
        was 1979) and comes from a single acre of grapes that yielded a
        mere 75 cases in 1987.

        Arg1: the grapes
        Rel: ripen
        ArgM-MNR: perfectly
        ArgM-TMP: *trace*
        ArgM-RCL: when -> years

Example: agentive

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

        John ripened the green peaches in a paper bag.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: ripened
        Arg1: the green peaches
        Argm-LOC: in a paper bag