Predicate: seize

seize: Frames file for 'seize' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.

Roleset id: seize.01 , acquire (forcefully or stealthily), vncls: 10.5 13.5.2 15.1, framnet: Manipulation , Taking

seize.01: Comparison with 'acquire'. Member of Vncls steal-10.5, obtain-13.5.2, hold-15.1-1. Updated by Julia, 11/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, entity acquiring something (vnrole: 10.5-agent, 13.5.2-agent, 15.1-agent)
        Arg1: thing acquired (vnrole: 10.5-theme, 13.5.2-theme, 15.1-theme)
        Arg2: acquired-from (vnrole: 10.5-source, 13.5.2-source)

Example: basic transitive

        To keep program-trading units profitable in the eyes of senior
        brokerage executives, traders must seize every opportunity their
        computers find.

        Argm-prp: To keep program-trading units profitable in the eyes of senior brokerage executives
        Arg0: traders
        Argm-mod: must
        Rel: seize
        Arg: every opportunity their computers find

Example: PP variant

        There has been no announcement of the Burger King arrangement by
        either party, possibly for fear that McDonald's and other
        fast-food rivals would seize on it in scornful advertising.

        Arg0: McDonald 's and other fast-food rivals
        Argm-mod: would
        Rel: seize
        Arg1: on it
        Argm-loc: in scornful advertising

Example: with

        John seized a dozen cookies out of Mary's hands.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: seized
        Arg1: a dozen cookies
        Arg2: out of Mary's hands


Predicate: seize_up

Roleset id: seize.02 , become immobile, vncls: , framnet: -

seize.02: Added by Julia based on WSJ. No Vncls.

Roles:

        Arg1: thing becoming immobile

Example: arrrrrrg

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

        But there are times when-1 they seize up *trace*-1, and panicky sellers can not find buyers .

        Arg1: they
        Rel: [seize] [up]
        Argm-tmp: *trace*-1