Predicate: toss

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

Roleset id: toss.01 , throw randomly or toss dough, glances, vncls: 17.1-1-1 40.3.2 26.3-1, framnet: Body_movement , Cause_motion

toss.01: Member of Vncls throw-17.1-1-1, crane-40.3.2, preparing-26.3-1. Checked by Julia, 10/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: tosser(s) (vnrole: 17.1-1-1-agent, 26.3-1-agent, 40.3.2-agent)
        Arg1: thing tossed (vnrole: 17.1-1-1-theme, 26.3-1-product, 40.3.2-patient)

Example: pretty basic

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

        Unable to unload a large block of a French blue-chip company's
        shares in Paris for two days last week, a frustrated Scottish
        Amicable fund manager finally tossed down her phone in disgust
        and called James Capel & Co., a London brokerage firm.

        Arg0: a frustrated Scottish Amicable fund manager
        Argm-tmp: finally
        Rel: tossed
        Argm-dir: down
        Arg1: her phone
        Argm-mnr: in disgust

Example: not phrasal

        Compare to the phrasal example below.
        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        We suggest that Mr. Fernandez find an incompetent principal, toss
        him out of the building and let the forces of the status quo
        explain to the parents whatever it is they're defending.

        Arg0: Mr. Fernandez
        Rel: toss
        Arg1: him
        Argm-dir: out of the building


Predicate: toss_out

Roleset id: toss.02 , get rid of, vncls: , framnet:

toss.02: cf the second example in toss.01

Roles:

        Arg0: eliminator, agent
        Arg1: thing eliminated

Example: yer outta here

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

        The judge handling the case in state Supreme Court, a trial court,
        had tossed out the jury verdicts, ruling that the matter should
        have been handled under federal Occupational Safety and Health
        Administration rules.

        Arg0: The judge handling the case in state Supreme Court, a trial court,
        Rel: [ tossed] [ out]
        Arg1: the jury verdicts
        Argm-adv: ruling that the matter should have been handled under federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration rules


Predicate: toss_out

Roleset id: toss.03 , include, vncls: , framnet:

toss.03: Frameset created by Jena.

Roles:

        Arg0: includer
        Arg1: included

Example:

        I'll toss in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

        Arg0: I
        Argm-mod: 'll
        Rel: [ toss] [ in]
        Arg1: Hiroshima and Nagasaki