Predicate: straighten
Roleset id: straighten.01 , make straight, vncls: 45.2, framnet: -
straighten.01: Based on WSJ. Member of Vncls bend-45.2.
Roles:
Arg0: cause of straightness, agent (vnrole: 45.2-agent)
Arg1: thing becoming straight (vnrole: 45.2-patient)
Arg2: instrument, when separate from arg0 (vnrole: 45.2-instrument)
Example: right idea, wrong instrument
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
John straightened his hair with a 16-ton hydraulic press.
Arg0: John
Rel: straightened
Arg1: his hair
Arg2: with a 16-ton hydraulic press
Predicate: straighten_out
Roleset id: straighten.02 , make right, vncls: , framnet: -
straighten.02: No VNcls
Roles:
Arg0: cause of rightness, agent
Arg1: wrong to right
Example: yeah, no kidding
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive
``I-1 got *trace*-1 to get back to school and straighten out my
English.''
Arg0: *trace*
Rel: [ straighten] [ out]
Arg1: my English
Example: icky ergative
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive
[The market]-1 seems *trace*-1 to be straightening out; we're taking a
wait-and-see attitude,'' says Cathleen B. Stewart, executive vice
president of marketing.
Arg1: *trace*
Rel: [ straightening] [ out]
Predicate: straighten_up
Roleset id: straighten.03 , make straight/neat, completive, vncls: , framnet: -
straighten.03: Added by Julia based on Call Home. No VNcls.
Roles:
Arg0: straightener
Arg1: thing made straight/neat
Example: just arg0
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
He wants me to straighten up or something .
Arg0: me
Rel: [straighten] [up]
Example: both args
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
John straightened up the apartment.
Arg0: John
Rel: [straightened] [up]
Arg1: the apartment