Predicate: traverse

traverse: Frames file for 'traverse' based on sentences in brown.

Roleset id: traverse.01 , cross, vncls: 47.8, framnet: Path_shape , Traversing , Intentional_traversing

traverse.01: Member of VNcls contiguous_location-47.8. Updated by Julia, 11/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: traveller (vnrole: 47.8-theme1)
        Arg1: wide area (vnrole: 47.8-theme2)

Example: pretty boring verb, but pretty

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

        Then we drove on, until there was no more road and we traversed dry rice fields, bouncing across their squat earth walls.

        Arg0: we
        Rel: traversed
        Arg1: dry rice fields
        Argm-adv: bouncing across their squat earth walls

Example: passive with split constituent

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

        [A third, one of at least equal and perhaps even greater importance,]-4 is now being traversed [*-4]: American immersion and involvement in world affairs.

        Argm-tmp: now
        Rel: traversed
        Arg1: [*-4]
        Argm-prd: American immersion and involvement in world affairs

Example: obligatory Peter Paul and Mary garden-pathing example

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

        John saw Mary traverse the cherry lane.

        Arg0: Mary
        Rel: traverse
        Arg1: the cherry lane