Frameset - touch-v

Predicate: touch

touch: Frames file for 'touch' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.

Roleset id: touch.01 , be or come into contact with, literally or metpahorically, vncls: 31.1 47.8-1 86.2-1 20-1, framnet: Manipulation , Impact

touch.01: Comparison with hit and start. VN updated by Julia. Member of Vncls amuse-31.1, contiguous_location-47.8-1, relate-86.2-1, touch-20-1.

Roles:

        Note that the instrument should ONLY be used when there is also an agent stated in the sentence--otherwise it gets too difficult to distinguish agent and instrument.
        Arg0: toucher (vnrole: 31.1-cause, 47.8-1-theme1, 86.2-1-theme1, 20-1-agent)
        Arg1: thing touched (vnrole: 31.1-experiencer, 47.8-1-theme2, 86.2-1-theme2, 20-1-experiencer)
        Arg2: touched with, if separate from agent (vnrole: 20-1-instrument)

Example: whack

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

        Mary touched John lightly with a sledgehammer.

        Arg0: Mary
        Rel: touched
        Arg1: John
        Argm-mnr: lightly
        Arg2: with a sledgehammer

Example: emotional touch

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

        [John]-1 was deeply touched *trace*-1 by Mary's kind gesture.

        Argm-mnr: deeply
        Rel: touched
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg0: by Mary's kind gesture

Example: be in contact

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

        John's eyebrows touch in the center of his forehead.

        Arg0: John's eyebrows
        Rel: touch
        Argm-loc: in the center of his forehead

Roleset id: touch.07 , cause an effect by touching, vncls: , framnet:

touch.07: This sense is probably very very rare.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer
        Arg1: start state, thing touched
        Arg2: end state

Example: certainly unusual reading

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

        [*-1] Reaching for an old clay pot , relic of pioneer days , [he]-1 tore
        the envelope in pieces , [*-1] dropping them into it , [*-1] touching the little pyre to flame , watching it curl , the red sealing wax melting and bubbling in the feathery ash .

        Arg0: [*-1]
        Rel: touching
        Arg1: the little pyre
        Arg3: to flame

Predicate: touch_off

Roleset id: touch.02 , touch off: start, vncls: , framnet:

touch.02: Cf. 'start' or 'begin' for additional examples.

Roles:

        Arg0: Agent
        Arg1: thing starting
        Arg2: Instrument
        Arg3: secondary predication

Example: the only example in subcorpus

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

        Nor do analysts expect the Sansui deal to touch off a fresh wave of
        foreign purchases.

        Arg0: the Sansui deal
        Rel: [ touch] [ off]
        Arg1: a fresh wave of foreign purchases

Roleset id: touch.06 , touch off: ignite, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

Arg0: starter of fire
Arg1: (in)flammable substance

Example: automatically generated

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

        [A sizable supply of powder]-1 had been touched [*-1] off .

        Rel: [ touched] [ off]
        Arg1: [*-1]

Predicate: touch_up

Roleset id: touch.03 , touch up: repair, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: repairer
        Arg1: thing repaired
        Arg2: instrument

Example: just transitive

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

        John touched up his makeup.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: [touched] [up]
        Arg1: his makeup

Predicate: touch_on

Roleset id: touch.04 , touch on: be/get involved with, vncls: 86.2-1, framnet:

touch.04: VN updated by Julia. Member of Vncls relate-86.2-1.

Roles:

Arg0: focus (vnrole: 86.2-1-theme1)
Arg1: topic (vnrole: 86.2-1-theme2)

Example: don't touch me there!

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

        The interview did not touch on Singapore's domestic affairs.

        Arg0: The interview
        Argm-neg: not
        Rel: [touch] [on]
        Arg1: Singapore's domestic affairs

Predicate: touch_upon

Roleset id: touch.05 , touch upon: same as touch on, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

Arg0: focus
Arg1: topic

Example: silly English particles

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

        And so I would only touch upon it now ( much as I have long wanted [*-1] to write a book about it ) .

        Argm-dis: And so
        Arg0: I
        Argm-mod: would
        Argm-adv: only
        Rel: [ touch] [ upon]
        Arg1: it
        Argm-tmp: now
        Argm-adv: much as I have long wanted [*-1] to write a book about it