Predicate: ship

Roleset id: ship.01 , send a package, vncls: 11.1-1, framnet: Sending

ship.01: Based on WSJ. Member of VN class send-11.1-1.

Roles:

        Arg0: sender (vnrole: 11.1-1-agent)
        Arg1: package (vnrole: 11.1-1-theme)
        Arg2: recipient (vnrole: 11.1-1-destination)
        Arg3: source (vnrole: 11.1-1-source)

Example: nice easy transitive

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

        World sugar futures prices soared on rumors that Brazil, a major
        grower and exporter, might not ship sugar this crop year and
        next.

        Arg0: Brazil, a major grower and exporter,
        Argm-mod: might
        Argm-neg: not
        Rel: ship
        Arg1: sugar
        Argm-tmp: this crop year and next

Example: with destination

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

        Although much of this country's export corn goes to New Orleans by
        barge, it is possible for exporters-1 to sidestep the Mississippi
        River by *trace*-1 shipping a larger-than-normal amount of corn by
        train to the port.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: shipping
        Arg1: a larger-than-normal amount of corn
        Argm-mnr: by train
        Arg2: to the port

Example: with source

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

        Their museum had purchased an Attic black-figured column krater
        and shipped it from London.

        Arg0: Their museum
        Rel: shipped
        Arg1: it
        Arg3: from London

Example: oddly intransitive

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

        I-1'm going *trace*-1 to ship and hope I get paid.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: ship

Example: passive

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

        Profit per [ton of steel]-1 shipped *trace*-1 dropped to about $33 a ton
        from $42 a ton last year and $53 a ton in the second quarter,
        analysts said.

        Rel: shipped
        Arg1: *trace*

Example: ergative!

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

        The first models will ship in the spring, with the largest
        following in the fall.

        Arg1: The first models
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: ship
        Argm-tmp: in the spring
        Argm-adv: with the largest following in the fall


Predicate: ship_out

Roleset id: ship.02 , depart, as a soldier, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg1: soldier
        Arg2: destination

Example: bummer

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

        John ships out to Afghanistan next week.

        Arg1: John
        Rel: [ships] [out]
        Arg2: to Afghanistan
        Argm-tmp: next week