Predicate: spellbind

spellbind: Frames file for 'spellbind' based on internet usage examples, expansion via VN. Verbnet entry 31.1, comparison with 'fascinate.'

Roleset id: spellbind.01 , hold as if by a spell, vncls: 31.1, framnet:

spellbind.01: Frame by Claire

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of fascination (vnrole: 31.1-Cause)
        Arg1: spellbound entity (vnrole: 31.1-Experiencer)
        Arg2: instrument, if separate from arg0

Example: passive

        [The cobra]-1 was spellbound *-1 by the snake charmer.

        Rel: spellbound
        Arg1: *-1
        Arg0: by the snake charmer

Example: with instrument

        Mary can always spellbind John with her poetry readings.

        Arg0: Mary
        ArgM-MOD: can
        ArgM-TMP: always
        Rel: spellbind
        Arg1: John
        Arg2: with her poetry readings