Predicate: scent
Roleset id: scent.01 , fill with the odor of, vncls: 9.9, framnet: -
scent.01: Frame updated by Julia based on internet search and wordnet. Member of Vncls butter-9.9. Comparison to "perfume".
Roles:
Arg0: agent, causer (vnrole: 9.9-agent)
Arg1: thing scented (vnrole: 9.9-destination)
Arg2: substance, scent (vnrole: 9.9-theme)
Example: passive, no arg0
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
A scant half mile away Shelley and Mary were doubtless sitting on their
diminutive terrace , [the air about them]-1 scented *trace* with stock , and listening to
the nightingale who had nested in the big lime tree at the foot of the
garden .
Rel: scented
Arg1: *trace*-1
Arg2: with stock
Example: passive, arg1 only
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Outside , the garden , the tame wilderness , yielded a patchwork bouquet of
daisies , sweet william , scented stock and lady 's bedstraw , which she tied
with long grasses and took back to show Rosa , who
was now stirring about the kitchen and haranguing Folly .
Rel: scented
Arg1: stock
Example: All arguments
person: other, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
We scented the room with a wood-burning fragrance.
Arg0: We
Rel: scented
Arg1: the room
Arg2: with a wood-burning fragrance.
Example: Fragrance/theme as subject
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: full
His perfume scented the streets he walked through.
Arg2: His perfume
Rel: scented
Arg1: the streets he walked through.
Roleset id: scent.02 , catch the scent of, vncls: 30.2 35.3, framnet: -
scent.02: Roleset by Julia based on internet search and wordnet. Member of Vncls sight-30.2, stalk-35.3. Comparison to "smell".
Roles:
Arg0: entity doing the smelling (vnrole: 30.2-experiencer, 35.3-agent)
Arg1: the scent (vnrole: 30.2-stimulus, 35.3-theme)
Arg2: air or environment carrying the scent (vnrole: stalk-35.3-location)
Example: Intransitive
person: third, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: gerund
[The two dogs]-1 leaned against their harness, *trace*-1 scenting.
Arg0: *trace*-1
Rel: scenting.
Example: Transitive, with theme
person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: gerund
He stood there like a stag scenting danger.
Arg0: a stag
Rel: scenting
Arg1: danger.
Example: Transitive with location
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The hell hound scented the air.
Arg0: The hell hound
Rel: scented
Arg2: the air.
Example: All arguments
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
[One animal]-1 stepped out and *trace*-1 scented the air for the strange smell of the new buffalo.
Arg0: *trace*-1
Rel: scented
Arg2: the air
Arg1: for the strange smell of the new buffalo.
Predicate: scent_out
Roleset id: scent_out.03 , find by following the scent of, vncls: 30.2 84, framnet: -
scent_out.03: Roleset by Julia based on internet search and wordnet. Added because absent. Member of Vncls sight-30.2, discover-84.
Roles:
Arg 2-source not witnessed, nor is an example of it even given in this tier of the VN frame for any member verbs.
Arg0: entity doing the smelling (vnrole: 30.2-experiencer, 84-agent)
Arg1: thing found by its scent (vnrole: 30.2-stimulus, 84-theme)
Arg2: source leading to the discovery of Arg 1 (vnrole: 84-source)
Example: Transitive
person: third, tense: present, aspect: perfect, voice: active, form: participle
A rat has scented out my traveling-biscuits.
Arg0: A rat
Rel: has scented out
Arg1: my traveling-buscuits.
Example: Direction, not source
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The raven scented out the slaughter from afar.
Arg0: The raven
Rel: scented out
Arg1: the slaughter
Argm-dir: from afar.