Predicate: tie

tie: Frames file for 'tie' based on survey of sentences in financial corpus.

Roleset id: tie.01 , attach, vncls: 22.4 22.1-2, framnet: Rope_manipulation Knot_creation Cause_confinement Attaching Make_cognitive_connection Closure

tie.01: Comparison to 'match' to avoid whole figure/ground issue. Member of Vncls mix-22.1-2, tape-22.4. VN, FN updated by Julia, 10/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, entity doing the tying (vnrole: 22.4-agent, 22.1-2-agent)
        Arg1: patient, thing(s) being tied (vnrole: 22.4-patient1, 22.4-patient2, 22.1-2-patient1, 22.1-2-patient2)
        Arg2: instrument, string (vnrole: 22.4-instrument)
        Arg3: attribute of arg1

Example: two arg1s

        Not only is [development of the new company's initial machine]-1 tied
        *trace*-1 directly to Mr. Cray, so is its balance sheet.

        Rel: tied
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Argm-adv: directly
        Arg1: to Mr. Cray

Example: with instrument

        John tied the packages with twine.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: tied
        Arg1: the packages
        Arg2: with twine

Example: with attributive

        let's treat this classic end-state PRD as attributive arg3
        John tied the packages together.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: tied
        Arg1: the packages
        Arg3: together

Example: attribute

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        Allianz said in its statement that it was acting to protect that interest , which-1 *T*-1 ties it to Navigation Mixte as a partner .

        Arg0: *T*-1 (= which)
        Argm-slc: which -> that interest
        Rel: ties
        Arg1: it
        Arg1: to Navication Mixte
        Arg3: as a partner

Roleset id: tie.03 , score the same, vncls: , framnet: Finish_competition

tie.03: No Vncls. Checked by Julia, 10/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of equal score
        Arg1: in comparison to

Example: pithiest? barrage? who swallowed the dictionary?

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

        The pithiest testimony to their domination of the just-concluded
        tournament came from Giants' manager Roger Craig after his team
        had fallen in Game Three to a five-home-run barrage that-1 *trace*-1
        tied a 61-year-old Series record.

        Arg0: *trace*-1 (= that)
        Argm-slc: that -> a five-home-run barrage
        Rel: tied
        Arg1: a 61-year-old Series record


Predicate: tie_in

Roleset id: tie.02 , attach, vncls: , framnet:

tie.02: Basically the same as "tie" above but instrument and attribute are not expected to appear.

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, entity doing the tying
        Arg1: patient, thing(s) being tied

Example: passive

        For years, [the company's ads]-1 were tied *trace*-1 in with pitches for
        Cannon sheets or Martex towels.

        Argm-tmp: For years
        Rel: [tied] [in]
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg1: with pitches for Cannon sheets or Martex towels.


Predicate: tie_up

Roleset id: tie.04 , bind with rope (eg), vncls: , framnet: Immobilization

Roles:

        Arg0: tie-er
        Arg1: tied

Example: kinky stuff

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

        [Mary]-1 likes *trace*-1 to tie John up and tease him with chocolate cake.

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: [tie] [up]
        Arg1: John

Roleset id: tie.05 , be involved in, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg1: thing involved
        Arg2: thing involved in/with

Example: not nearly as interesting

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

        [About $70 billion]-1 is estimated *trace*-1 to be tied up in the
        short-term money market, which acts both as a hedge against
        inflation for consumers and an accelerator of inflation and
        deficits for the government.

        Rel: [tied] [up]
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg2: in the short-term money market, which acts both as a hedge against inflation for consumers and an accelerator of inflation and deficits for the government


Predicate: tie_down

Roleset id: tie.06 , be stuck, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg1: stuck entity
        Arg2: cause of stuckness

Example: no clever example name

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

        Mr. Mengistu is in an increasingly weak position: [Half his army]-1
        is tied *trace*-1 down defending the northern city of Asmara from
        the Eritreans.

        Rel: [tied] [down]
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg2: defending the northern city of Asmara from the Eritreans