Predicate: weigh

weigh: Frames file for 'weigh' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Many senses. Comparison to 'measure' and 'press'.

Roleset id: weigh.01 , determine the weight, vncls: 54.1-1, framnet: dimension Assessing

weigh.01: Effectively this conflates two senses: "determine the weight of" and "have a certain weight". But they're so close! Member of Vncls register-54.1-1.

Roles:

        Arg0: measurer (vnrole: 54.1-1-agent)
        Arg1: thing measured (vnrole: 54.1-1-theme)
        Arg2: yardstick, standard of measurement
        Arg3: measurement (vnrole: 54.1-1-value)

Example: and they're proud of this?

        Conner is supplying hard-disk drives for the machine, which
        *trace* weighs only six pounds and fits in a briefcase.

        Argm-slc: which -> the machine
        Arg1: *trace* (= which)
        Rel: weighs
        Arg3: only six pounds

Example: agentive, with yardstick

        Mary weighed John's brain with a postal scale.

        Arg0: Mary
        Rel: weighed
        Arg1: John's brain
        Arg2: with a postal scale

Roleset id: weigh.02 , press heavily upon, vncls: , framnet: -

weigh.02: No Vncls.

Roles:

        Arg0: presser
        Arg1: pressed (on)

Example: typical usage

        ...traders said profit-taking weighed on the market, with
        blue-chips bearing the brunt of the selling.

        Arg0: profit-taking
        Rel: weighed
        Arg1: on the market
        Argm: with blue-chips bearing the brunt of the selling

Roleset id: weigh.04 , compare X and Y, consider carefully, vncls: , framnet: -

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, comparer, considerer
        Arg1: X, thing considered
        Arg2: Y, in comparison to

Example: as compare

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

        The problem for [Congress]-3 will be [*-3] to weigh what China is
        saying to its people against the more conciliatory message it is
        delivering to the Bush administration.

        Arg0: [*-3]
        Rel: weigh
        Arg1: what China is saying to its people
        Arg2: against the more conciliatory message it is delivering to the Bush administration

Example: as consider

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

        Theoretically, [jurors]-1 are supposed [*-1] to weigh the evidence in
        a case logically and objectively.

        Arg0: [*-1]
        Rel: weigh
        Arg1: the evidence in a case
        Argm-mnr: logically and objectively


Predicate: weigh_in

Roleset id: weigh.03 , enter, contribute to discussion, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: contributor, agent
        Arg1: entry, thing contributed

Example: our next caller...

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

        Diamond Creek 1985 Lake Vineyard Cabernet weighed in this fall
        with a sticker price of $100 a bottle.

        Arg0: Diamond Creek 1985 Lake Vineyard Cabernet
        Rel: [ weighed] [ in]
        Argm-tmp: this fall
        Arg1: with a sticker price of $100 a bottle