Predicate: sit

Roleset id: sit.01 , be in a position, vncls: 9.2-1 47.6 50, framnet: Posture , Placing (cry) , Change_posture

sit.01: Based on financial subcorpus. Member of Vncls put_spatial-9.2-1, spatial_configuration-47.6, assuming_position-50.

Roles:

        Arg1: thing sitting (vnrole: 47.6-theme, 9.2-1-theme, 50-agent)
        Arg2: location or position (vnrole: 47.6-location, 9.2-1-destination, 50-location)

Example: explicit location

        ``You've got two champions sitting right before you,'' said
        Mr. Baum.

        Arg1: two champions
        Rel: sitting
        Arg2: right before you

Example: manner instead of position

        Traders said most of their major institutional investors, on the
        other hand, sat tight.

        Arg1: most of their major institutional investors
        Argm-dis: on the other hand
        Rel: sat
        Argm-mnr: tight


Predicate: sit_down

sit_down: Special case of "sit" above.

Roleset id: sit.02 , assume a seated position, vncls: 50, framnet: Change_posture

sit.02: predicate edited by Arrick. Member of VNcls assuming_position-50.

Roles:

        Arg1: sitter (vnrole: 50-agent)
        Arg2: second sitter if separate from arg 1

Example: and shut up

        Doug Hammond, the federal mediator in Seattle, where Boeing is
        based, said [the parties]-1 will continue *trace*-1 to sit down daily
        until a new settlement proposal emerges or the talks break off
        again.

        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Rel: [sit] [down]
        Argm-tmp: daily
        Argm-tmp: until a new settlement proposal emerges or the talks break off again

Example: with arg 2

        and we 'll sit down with you one on one.

        Argm-dis: and
        Arg1: we
        Argm-mod: 'll
        Rel: [sit] [down]
        Arg2: with you
        Argm-mnr: one on one


Predicate: sit_up

sit_up: Special case of "sit" above.

Roleset id: sit.03 , assume an upright seated position, vncls: 50, framnet: Change_posture

sit.03: No official Vncls, but see assuming_position-50.

Roles:

        Arg1: sitter (vnrole: 50-agent)

Example: wakey wakey

        ...the influence of the appeals court in New York ``will make
        insurers sit up and listen.''

        Argm-mod: will
        Arg1: insurers
        Rel: [ sit] [ up]


Predicate: sit_out

Roleset id: sit.04 , decline to participate, vncls: , framnet: -

sit.04: sit_out added by Miriam. No Vncls.

Roles:

        Arg1: non-participant
        Arg2: event

Example: sit out

        He sat out 1 term after [*PRO*-1] losing a U.S. Senate race in the 1960s.

        Arg1: He
        Rel: [ sat] [ out]
        Arg2: 1 term
        Argm-tmp: after [*PRO*-1] losing a U.S. Senate race in the 1960s.


Predicate: sit_in

Roleset id: sit.05 , act as substitute for during someone's temporary absence, vncls: , framnet: -

sit.05: sit_in added by Miriam. No Vncls.

Roles:

        Arg1: substitute
        Arg2: thing being temporarily replaced

Example: sit in

        I'm Holly Firfer, [*PRO*-1] sitting in for Judy Fortin.

        Arg1: [*PRO*-1]
        Rel: [sitting] [in]
        Arg2: for Judy Fortin