Predicate: settle

settle: Frames file for 'settle' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus and comparison with 'decide' and

Roleset id: settle.01 , decide, vncls: 89, framnet: -

settle.01: Checked by Julia, 11/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: decider (vnrole: 89-actor)
        Arg1: decision (vnrole: 89-proposition)
        Arg2: benefactive
        Arg3: instrument

Example: go hoosiers!

        The National Association of Manufacturers settled on the Hoosier
        capital of Indianapolis for its fall board meeting.

        Arg0: The National Association of Manufacturers
        Rel: settled
        Arg1: on the Hoosier capital of Indianapolis
        Arg2: for its fall board meeting

Roleset id: settle.02 , resolve, vncls: 89, framnet: -

settle.02: Member of Vncls settle-89. Updated by Julia, 11/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: entity making resolution (vnrole: 89-actor)
        Arg1: thing being resolved (vnrole: 89-proposition)
        Arg2: comitative, resolved with
        Arg3: attribute, resolved to or at

Example: financial settlement

        Moscow-1 found a way *trace*-1 to settle the country's $188 million debt.

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: settle
        Arg1: the country's $188 million debt

Example: death and taxes

        ...if he had settled with the IRS.

        Arg0: he
        Rel: settled
        Arg2: with the IRS

Example: lawsuits again

        ...a $750 million antitrust suit which-1 [*trace-1*]-2 could be settled
        *trace-2* for one-third that amount.

        Argm-mod: could
        Rel: settled
        Arg1: *trace-2* (= which)
        Arg: which -> a $750 million antitrust suit
        Arg3: for one-third that amount

Roleset id: settle.03 , come to rest, or approach a steady state, vncls: 46, framnet: Colonization

settle.03: Member of Vncls lodge-46. Updated by Julia, 11/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: entity causing something/someone to settle
        Arg1: entity settling (vnrole: 46-theme)
        Arg2: EXT, amount declined by
        Arg3: start point
        Arg4: end point (vnrole: 46-location)

Example: I am getting so tired of stock reports

        On the Commodity Exchange in New York, gold for current delivery
        settled at $374.20 an ounce, down 50 cents.

        Argm-loc: On the Commodity Exchange
        Argm-loc: in New York
        Arg1: gold for current delivery
        Rel: settled
        Arg4: at $374.20 an ounce
        Arg2: down 50 cents

Example: start a settlement

        [The town]-9 was originally settled [*]-9 by six different Lin and Shan
        families.

        Argm-adv: originally
        Rel: settled
        Arg1: [*]-9
        Arg0: by six different Lin and Shan families

Example: causative

        Certainly, the Oct 13 sell-off didn't settle any stomachs.

        Argm-adv: Certainly
        Arg0: the Oct 13 sell-off
        Argm-neg: n't
        Rel: settle
        Arg1: any stomachs

Example: With end state

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

        Eventually, John and Mary settled in Kansas.

        Argm-tmp: eventually
        Arg0: John and Mary
        Rel: settled
        Arg4: in Kansas.


Predicate: settle_down

Roleset id: settle.04 , and be quiet!, vncls: 26.6.2, framnet: -

settle.04: Member of Vncls convert-26.6.2. Updated by julia, 11/2010.

Roles:

        Arg1: one who should be quiet (vnrole: 26.6.2-patient)

Example: frustrated mom

        No matter what I do, I can't get little Johnny to settle down.

        Arg1: little Johnny
        Rel: settle down