Predicate: sprawl

sprawl: Frames file for 'sprawl' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 47.6 and 50, Framenet entry Posture.

Roleset id: sprawl.01 , extend horizontally and ungracefully, vncls: 47.6 50, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: causer (vnrole: 47.6-Agent)
        Arg1: thing in sprawling mode (vnrole: 47.6-Theme, 50-Agent)
        Arg2: location (vnrole: 47.6-Location, 50-Location)

Example: odd agentive example

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        Like Peter Sellars, [Ms. Bogart]-1 manipulates her actors as if they
        were rag dolls, [*-1] sprawling them on staircases, dangling them
        off tables, even hanging them from precipices while having them
        perform some gymnastic feats of derring-do.

        Arg0: [*-1]
        Rel: sprawling
        Arg1: them
        Arg2: on staircases

Example: more typically ergative

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

        John sprawled on the couch.

        Arg1: John
        Rel: sprawled
        Arg2: on the couch