Predicate: sway
Roleset id: sway.01 , move, vncls: 47.3 49, framnet:
sway.01: Frames file for 'sway' based on sentences in wsj. Framenet entry Suasion2. VN classes body_internal_motion-49 and modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3.
Roles:
Arg0: causer (vnrole: 47.3-agent, 49-agent)
Arg1: thing swaying (vnrole: 47.3-theme, 49-patient)
Arg2: degree of motion
Example: normally intransitive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
Suddenly the woman begins swaying and then writhing.
Arg1: the woman
Rel: swaying
Example: occasionally with EXT
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Staffers at Thompson, whose offices are in the ultramodern
Embarcadero Center, watched pictures drop from the walls and then
felt the skyscraper sway seven to eight feet, according to a
spokeswoman.
Arg1: the skyscraper
Rel: sway
Arg2: seven to eight feet
Roleset id: sway.02 , persuade (per-sway-d?), vncls: 58.1, framnet:
sway.02: Never in active? VN class urge-58.1.
Roles:
Arg0: persuader (vnrole: 58.1-agent)
Arg1: persuaded (vnrole: 58.1-patient)
Arg2: persuaded to do what? (vnrole: 58.1-proposition)
Example: cause to change mind
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
As a result, [many of those now planning to leave Hong Kong]-1 can't
easily be swayed *trace*-1 by momentary improvements in the colony's
political and economic climate.
Argm-dis: As a result
Argm-mod: ca
Argm-neg: n't
Argm-mnr: easily
Rel: swayed
Arg1: *trace*
Arg0: by momentary improvements in the colony's political and economic climate