Predicate: tack

tack: Frames file for 'tack' based on sentences in financial subcorpus and automatic expansion via verbnet.

Roleset id: tack.01 , attach with a tack, vncls: 22.4, framnet: Attaching

tack.01: Corresponds to VN class tape-22.4.

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, entity doing the tacking (vnrole: 22.4-agent)
        Arg1: patient, thing(s) being tacked (each one gets its own arg1) (vnrole: 22.4-patient1, 22.4-patient2)
        Arg2: instrument, string, tack (vnrole: 22.4-instrument)

Example: the one example

        The release of MiniScribe's new balance sheet came one day after
        it introduced its new line of one-inch disk drives, [on which]-1 it is
        tacking much of its hope for survival *trace*-1.

        Arg0: it
        Rel: tacking
        Arg1: much of its hope for survival
        Arg1: *trace*-1 (= on which)
        Argm-slc: on which -> one-inch disk drives

Example: ouch

        John tacked his heart to his sleeve.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: tacked
        Arg1: his heart
        Arg1: to his sleeve

Roleset id: tack.02 , turn a boat, vncls: 51.3.2 51.4.2, framnet: Operate_vehicle Self_motion

tack.02: Corresponds to VN classes nonvehicle-51.4.2, run-51.3.2.

Roles:

        Arg0: sailor (vnrole: 51.3.2-agent, 51.4.2-agent)
        Arg1: boat (vnrole: 51.3.2-theme, 51.4.2-theme)

Example: ahoy matey!

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

        John tacked his boat into the wind.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: tacked
        Arg1: his boat
        Argm-dir: into the wind


Predicate: tack_down

Roleset id: tack.04 , attach to a surface with tacks, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: cause of attachment, agent
        Arg1: thing tacked down

Example: misparsed passive

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        Mr. Trotter's painting showed a wall of wood boards with painted
        ribbons tacked down in a rectangle; tucked behind the ribbons
        were envelopes, folded faded and crumpled papers and currency.

        Arg1: painted ribbons
        Rel: [tacked] [down]
        Argm-mnr: in a rectangle


Predicate: tack_on

Roleset id: tack.03 , rise, vncls: , framnet: Attaching

tack.03: No Vncls.

Roles:

        Arg1: thing rising
        Arg2: thing tacked on (might read as EXT)
        Arg3: start point
        Arg4: end point

Example: naturally, in the financial subcorpus

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

        Digital Equipment tacked on 1 1/8 to 89 1/8, and Hewlett-Packard
        fell 3/8 to 49 3/8.

        Arg1: Digital Equipment
        Rel: [ tacked] [ on]
        Arg2: 1 1/8
        Arg4: to 89 1/8

Example: another from WSJ

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        On Black Monday , Oct. 19 , 1987 , the October contract tacked on further gains , rising to as high as $ 491.50 for a gain of almost $ 20 on top of the Friday advances , before giving up almost $ 10 of that at the close .

        Argm-tmp: On Black Monday, Oct. 19, 1987
        Arg1: the October contract
        Rel: [tacked] [on]
        Arg2: further gains
        Arg4: rising to as high as $ 491.50 for a gain of almost $ 20 on top of the Friday advances, before giving up almost $10 of that at the close