Predicate: swoop

swoop: Frames file for 'swoop' based on sentences in brown.

Roleset id: swoop.01 , To make a sudden sweeping movement, as a bird descending upon its prey., vncls: , framnet: -

swoop.01: No Verbnet entry.

Roles:

        Arg0: swooper

Example: destination

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

        The other trotted over and swooped at the tiny puddle.

        Arg0: The other
        Rel: swooped
        Argm-gol: at the tiny puddle

Example: with particle of direction

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

        [His hands]-3 snatched at an imaginary bucket, [*-3] swooping down
        hard to grab it and coming away with equal snap like a ball
        that's been bounced hard.

        Arg0: [*-3]
        Rel: swooping
        Argm-dir: down
        Argm-mnr: hard
        Argm-prp: to grab it


Predicate: swoop_up

Roleset id: swoop.02 , to grab with a swooping motion, vncls: , framnet: -

swoop.02: No Verbnet entry.

Roles:

        Arg0: grabber
        Arg1: grabbed

Example: swoop ya, there it is

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

        Maude swooped up the cup and hiked up her top hoop as if about to
        take off with a racing start.

        Arg0: Maude
        Rel: [swooped][up]
        Arg1: the cup