Predicate: time

time: Frames file for 'time' based on sentences in wsj.

Roleset id: time.01 , measure the time it takes to do an action, vncls: 54.1, framnet: -

time.01: Member of Vncls register-54.1. VN, FN updated by Julia 10/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: measurer (vnrole: 54.1-agent)
        Arg1: action (vnrole: 54.1-theme)
        Arg2: time required (vnrole: 54.1-value)

Example: passive-- just like John

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

        [John]-2 ran the Boston Marathon last week, and [*trace*-2]-1 was timed
        *trace*-1 at one week, three days, four hours, sixteen minutes and 27
        seconds, his best performance yet.

        Rel: timed
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg2: at one week, three days, four hours, sixteen minutes and 27 seconds

Roleset id: time.02 , synchronize, vncls: , framnet: -

Roles:

        Arg0: agent
        Arg1: first thing synchronized
        Arg2: second thing, if separate

Example: merged things

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

        Totally absorbed, [the ringers]-2 stare straight ahead, using
        peripheral vision (they call it ``rope-sight'') to watch
        the other ropes and thus *trace*-2 time their pulls.

        Arg0: *trace*-2
        Rel: time
        Arg1: their pulls

Example: second thing, sorta

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

        Renaissance declined to confirm the move, but [its stock purchases]-1
        were thought to have begun Tuesday, timed *trace*-1 to coincide with
        the maturity this week of Treasury bills owned by the firm.

        Arg1: *trace*
        Rel: timed
        Arg2: to coincide with the maturity this week of Treasury bills owned by the firm

Example: clearer arg2

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

        John timed his snoring with Mary's breathing.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: timed
        Arg1: his snoring
        Arg2: with Mary's breathing