Predicate: surrender

surrender: Frames file for 'surrender' based on survey of sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet class contribute-13.2, other framed members include contribute, return, transfer. Comparison with those and with 'give_up'.

Roleset id: surrender.01 , give up (eg, a fight), vncls: 13.2, framnet:

surrender.01: There are actually two very different senses, but the syntax is compatible so we'll leave it as one roleset.

Roles:

        Arg0: one surrendering (vnrole: 13.2-Agent)
        Arg1: fight (vnrole: 13.2-Theme)
        Arg2: victor (vnrole: 13.2-Recipient)

Example: unstated fight

        Last week, Robert M. Bradley, one of the Big Board's most
        respected floor traders and head of a major traders' organization,
        surrendered.

        ArgM-TMP: Last week
        Arg0: Robert M. Bradley, one of the Big Board's most respected floor traders and head of a major traders' organization,
        Rel: surrendered

Example: with stated fight

        Some European analysts speculated that [officials of Saab's highly
        profitable Scania truck operation]-1 balked at *trace*-1 surrendering
        any of their autonomy.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: surrendering
        Arg1: any of their autonomy

Example: with victor

        John surrendered to Mary.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: surrendered
        Arg2: to Mary

Example: all args

        John surrendered his prize collection of bottle caps to Mary.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: surrendered
        Arg1: his prize collection of bottle caps
        Arg2: to Mary