Predicate: upset
upset: Frames file for 'upset' based on sentences in financial subcorpus and
automatic expansion via verbnet.
Roleset id: upset.01 , cause emotional anguish, vncls: 31.1, framnet: Experiencer_obj
upset.01: Member of Vncls amuse-31.1.
Roles:
Arg0: agent of upsetting (vnrole: 31.1-cause)
Arg1: upset entity (vnrole: 31.1-experiencer)
Arg2: instrument
Example: straight transitive
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
That meant no trading would occur in the final seconds, as a way
of making sure that last-second orders aren't subjected to a
sudden price swing that-1 *trace*-1 would upset customers.
Argm-slc: that -> a sudden price swing
Arg0: *trace*-1 (= that)
Argm-mod: would
Rel: upset
Arg1: customers
Example: object as subject
And what the hell does "fumpered and schumpered" mean?
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
``I was upset with Roger, I fumpered and schmumpered,'' says
Mr. Peters.
Arg1: I
Rel: upset
Arg0: with Roger
Example: passivized
[John]-1 was sorely upset *trace*-1 by Mary's offer of freshly-baked
apple pie.
Argm-mnr: sorely
Rel: upset
Arg1: *trace*-1
Arg0: by Mary's offer of freshly-baked apple pie
Roleset id: upset.02 , turn over, vncls: , framnet:
upset.02: This is very marginal usage by now, but there is a game called "Upset
the Apple Cart". *haha-- WSJ used it this way! Take THAT!
Roles:
Arg0: turner
Arg1: turned (container, usually)
Example: toys all over
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
John upset Mary's bowl of ornamental fruit.
Arg0: John
Rel: upset
Arg1: Mary's bowl of ornamental fruit
Example: WSJ apple cart usage!
person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: infinitive
But Mr. Dinkins 's sense of pragmatism often comes across more as an insider 's determination *PRO not to upset the political apple cart .
Arg0: *PRO*
Argm-neg: not
Rel: to upset
Arg1: the political apple cart.