Predicate: stoop
Roleset id: stoop.01 , bend at waist while standing, vncls: 50 47.6, framnet: Posture , Change_posture
stoop.01: Based on Brown. Member of VNcls assuming_position-50, spatial_configuration-47.6.
Roles:
Arg0: stooper (vnrole: 50-agent, 47.6-agent)
Arg1: body part/thing stooped (vnrole: 47.6-theme)
Example: with purpose clause
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
To demonstrate the soil of his vegetable gardens as it is today,
Mr. Clark stooped [*-1] to scoop up a handful of rich dark earth.
Argm-prp: To demonstrate the soil of his vegetable garden as it is today
Arg0: Mr. Clark
Rel: stooped
Argm-prp: [*-1] to scoop up a handful of rich dark earth
Example: both args
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
The ducks swam up as he stooped his head, And, " Quack, quack, quack," is what they said
Arg0: he
Rel: stooped
Arg1: his head