Predicate: thaw
thaw: Frames file for 'thaw' based on sentences in brown.
Roleset id: thaw.01 , defrost, vncls: 45.4, framnet: Cause_change_of_phase Change_of_phase
thaw.01: VN updated by Julia, 10/2010. Member of Vncls other_cos-45.4, weather-57 (no roles for weather class).
Roles:
Arg0: causer of defrosting (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
Arg1: item losing its frost (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
Example: arg1 subject
'in the morning sun' is arguably the arg0 here, but I felt in the end that the semantic
role of the sun is based more on inference than literal meaning.
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Insects there were on the world , but [they]]-1 were frozen solid during the night , [*-1] only to revive and thaw in the morning sun .
Arg1: [*-1]
Rel: thaw
Argm-loc: in the morning sun
Predicate: thaw_out
Roleset id: thaw.02 , thaw_out: fully defrost, vncls: , framnet: -
thaw.02: No VNcls specific to the VPC, but see classes for thaw.01. Ditto for FN.
Roles:
Arg0: causer of defrosting
Arg1: item losing its frost
Example: partial total defrosting
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Usually back in Concord by noon , there was just time to get partially thawed [*-1] out , refuel , and grab a bit of Mrs. Fogg 's hot broth before starting the second trip .
Argm-ext: partially
Rel: [ thawed] [ out]
Arg1: [*-1]