Predicate: trace

trace: Frames file for 'trace.01' based on sentences in wsj.

Roleset id: trace.01 , make a physical copy on an over-laid transparent surface, vncls: 25.2, framnet: -

trace.01: Member of Vncls scribble-25.2.

Roles:

        Arg0: copier, agent (vnrole: 25.2-agent)
        Arg1: thing traced (vnrole: 25.2-theme)
        Arg2: transparent surface (vnrole: 25.2-destination)

Example: all args

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

        John traced the diagram onto tissue paper.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: traced
        Arg1: the diagram
        Arg2: onto tissue paper

Roleset id: trace.02 , follow to the source, vncls: , framnet: -

trace.02: No Vncls. (chase-51.6 is close, but the theme need not be concrete).

Roles:

        Arg0: follower
        Arg1: thing followed
        Arg2: the thing's source (actually destination)

Example: all args

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

        Douglas Madison, a corporate trader with Bank of America in Los
        Angeles, traced the dollar's recent solid performance against the
        yen to purchases of securities by Japanese insurance companies and
        trust banks and the sense that another wave of investment is
        waiting in the wings.

        Arg0: Douglas Madison, a corporate trader with Bank of America in Los Angeles,
        Rel: traced
        Arg1: the dollar's recent solid performance against the yen
        Arg2: to purchases of securities by Japanese insurance companies and trust banks and the sense that another wave of investment is waiting in the wings

Example: lacking source

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

        The personal antics of agency Director Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow drew
        much attention, such as when several of his top aides were
        uncovered as KGB plants and ejected from France and when a
        mysterious office fire was set just before Congress sent
        accountants [0]-1 *trace*-1 to trace U.S. funds.

        Arg0: *trace*-1 (= [0])
        Argm-slc: [0] -> accountants
        Rel: trace
        Arg1: U.S. funds

Example:

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

        Mary traced the rumors of her alien abduction back to their source: John.

        Arg0: Mary
        Rel: traced
        Arg1: the rumors of her alien abduction
        Arg2: back to their source: John.