Predicate: show

Roleset id: show.01 , cause to see, vncls: 29.5-2 37.1.1-1-1 40.3.2 78-1-1 48.1.2, framnet: Evidence , Reasoning

show.01: Based on big corpus, comparison with 'see. 'Member of Vncls conjecture-29.5-2, transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1, crane-40.3.2, indicate-78-1-1, reflexive_appearance-48.1.2. Updated by Julia, 11/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: shower (vnrole: 29.5-2-agent, 37.1.1-1-1-agent, 40.3.2-agent, 78-1-1-cause, 48.1.2-agent)
        Arg1: thing seen/shown (vnrole: 29.5-2-theme, 29.5-2-predicate, 37.1.1-1-1-topic, 40.3.2-patient, 78-1-1-topic, 48.1.2-theme)
        Arg2: seer (vnrole: 37.1.1-1-1-recipient, 40.3.2-recipient, 78-1-1-recipient, 48.1.2-recipient)

Example: seer as NP

        Can you show me evening flights from Nashville to Houston that
        serve dinner?

        Argm-mod: Can
        Arg0: you
        Rel: show
        Arg2: me
        Arg1: evening flights from Nashville to Houston that serve dinner

Example: with WH-clause

        The case showed how testing was being overused.

        Arg0: The case
        Rel: showed
        Arg1: how testing was being overused


Predicate: show_up

Roleset id: show.02 , appear, vncls: 48.1.1, framnet: -

show.02: Member of Vncls appear-48.1.1.

Roles:

        Arg1: thing appearing, showing up (vnrole: 48.1.1-theme)

Example: asbestos

        ...symptoms show up decades later.

        Arg1: symptoms
        Rel: show up
        Argm-tmp: decades later


Predicate: show_off

Roleset id: show.03 , display something (often oneself) proudly, vncls: 48.1.2, framnet: -

show.03: Predicate added by Arrick. Member of VNcls reflexive_appearance-48.1.2.

Roles:

        Arg0: displayer (vnrole: 48.1.2-agent)
        Arg1: thing displayed (vnrole: 48.1.2-theme)
        Arg2: seer / witness (vnrole: 48.1.2-recipient)

Example:

        because [Treasury Secretary Snow]-1 took a group of reporters to a trip to
        Afghanistan and other parts of the world *PRO*-1 to show off how they
        were tracking terror financing.

        Arg0: *PRO*-1
        Rel: [show] [off]
        Arg1: how they were tracking terror financing