Predicate: snow
snow: Frames file for 'snow' based on sentences in brown.
Roleset id: snow.01 , weather phenomenon, vncls: 57, framnet: Precipitation
snow.01: Comparison with 'rain'. Member of VNcls weather-57.
Roles:
Arg0: cause of snow
Arg1: the snow itself (vnrole: 57-theme)
Arg2: poor schmo getting snowed on
Example: classic weather construction
The 'it' is just a dummy--it doesn't have any real meaning, so leave it out.
person: third, tense: past, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
He was mildly surprised to find it was snowing.
Rel: snowing
Example: all args
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: participle
The big purple clouds snowed ice cream flakes on the children .
Arg0: The big purple clouds
Rel: snowed
Arg1: ice cream flakes
Arg2: on the children