Predicate: wave

wave: Frames file for 'wave' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: wave.01 , to signal (a person) or move back and forth, vncls: 40.3.1-1 47.3, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, causer (vnrole: 40.3.1-1-agent, 47.3-agent)
        Arg1: entity moving (vnrole: 40.3.1-1-patient, 47.3-theme)
        Arg2: person waved at (vnrole: 40.3.1-1-recipient)

Example: transitive

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

        In the stands , people waved ANC flags , wore ANC T-shirts , sang ANC songs and chanted ANC slogans .

        Argm-loc: In the stands
        Arg0: people
        Rel: waved
        Arg1: ANC flags

Example: with Arg2

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

        Mr. Houston-Montgomery says that at the party he waved to Malcolm Forbes , publisher of Forbes magazine ( `` We've been in the columns together '' ) , Mary Boone , a New York art dealer ( `` I think [0] she knows me , but I 'm not sure '' ) and Bridget Fonda , the actress ( `` She knows me , but we 're not really the best of friends '' ) .

        Argm-loc: at the party
        Arg0: he
        Rel: waved
        Arg2: to Malcolm Forbes , publisher of Forbes magazine ( `` We've been in the columns together '' ) , Mary Boone , a New York art dealer ( `` I think [0] she knows me , but I 'm not sure '' ) and Bridget Fonda , the actress ( `` She knows me , but we 're not really the best of friends '' )

Example: intransitive

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        Worst part was watching power lines waving above my head and no way [0] [*] to drive away [*T*-1] .

        Arg1: power lines
        Rel: waving
        Argm-loc: above my head

Roleset id: wave.02 , give directions via waving, vncls: , framnet:

wave.02: consider also 'John waved Mary into the garage', where the directions are more explicit than just a particle.

Roles:

        Arg0: waver, giver of directions
        Arg1: receiver of directions
        Arg2: directions

Example: nearly phrasal

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

        [This attitude]-1 is being waved *trace*-1 away by sophisticates around
        Washington as little more than tough talk.

        Arg1: *trace*
        Rel: waved
        Arg2: away
        Arg0: by sophisticates around town