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General Thematic Roles Actor Actor1 Actor2 Agent Asset Attribute Beneficiary Cause Destination Experiencer Extent Instrument Location Material Oblique Patient Patient1 Patient2 Predicate Product Proposition Recipient Source Stimulus Theme Theme1 Theme2 Time Topic Value	NP Thematic Roles Actor Actor1 Actor2 Agent Asset Attribute Beneficiary Cause Destination Experiencer Extent Instrument Location Material NP Oblique Oblique1 Oblique2 Patient Patient1 Patient2 Predicate Product Proposition Recipient Source Stimulus Theme Theme1 Theme2 Time Topic Value	Selectional Restrictions abstract animal animate body_part comestible communication concrete currency dest dest_conf dest_dir dir elongated force garment human int_control loc location machine nonrigid organization path plural pointy refl region scalar solid sound spatial src state substance time vehicle	Syntax Restrictions ac_ing ac_to_inf acc_ing adv_loc be_sc_ing definite for_comp genitive how_extract np_ing np_omit_ing np_p_ing np_ppart np_to_inf np_tobe oc_bare_inf oc_ing oc_to_inf plural pos_ing poss poss_ing possing quotation refl rs_to_inf sc_ing sc_to_inf sentential small_clause tensed_that that_comp to_be to_inf_rs vc_to_inf wh_comp wh_inf what_extract what_inf wheth_inf
Predicates Adv Pred Prep about abstain adjust admit adopt agree alive allow amount_changed apart appear apply_heat apply_material approve assess attached attempt avoid base begin believe benefit body_motion body_process body_reflex calculate capacity cause change_value characterize command concentrate conclude confined conflict confront consider conspire contact continue convert cooked cooperate cope correlate cost covered created_image declare dedicate defend degradation_material_integrity delay depend describe designated desire destroyed different direction disappear discomfort discover emit emotional_state end enforce ensure equals exceed exert_force exist experience express filled_with financial_relationship flinch forbid force free future_possession give_birth group harmed has_possession help hold in in_reaction_to indicate involuntary involve license limit linger location made_of manner masquerade meets mingled motion necessitate neglect nonagentive_cause occur perceive perform physical_form position promote property relate renege risk rotational_motion rush search seem sleep social_interaction spend state subjugated successful_in suffocate supplicate suspect take_care_of take_in together transfer transfer_info understand urge use value via visible wear weather yield	Frame Types NP-PP (258 frames) (no secondary frame type) (1) Asset Object (1) Asset Subject (2) Asset-PP (4) Attribute-PP (1) Beneficiary Object (1) Body Part Object (1) Body-part-PP (3) Causative variant (1) Causative variant, Material-PP (1) Causative variant, Product-PP (2) Cause-PP (3) Destination Object, Theme-PP (1) Destination-PP (2) Expletive-there Subject (7) Goal-PP (7) Induced Action with accompanied motion, path-PP (3) Induced Action without accompanied motion, path-PP (2) Instrument-PP (15) Instrument-PP (Bodypart of reflexive object) (1) Location Object, Theme-PP (1) Location Object, with-PP (1) Location Subject, of-PP (1) Location-PP (9) Material-PP (1) Oblique-PP (3) Possessor Object, Attribute-PP (1) Possessor Object, Predicate-PP (1) Predicate Object, Possessor-PP (1) Recipient-PP (9) Result-PP (26) Source-PP (15) Substance Object Oblique-PP (1) Theme Object, on-PP (1) Theme-PP (7) Topic-PP (2) about-PP (2) accompanied motion, path-PP (1) after-PP (1) against-PP (1) against/about-PP (1) among-PP (1) as-PP (11) at-PP (3) between-PP (1) by-PP (1) for-PP (16) for/on Source (abstract) (1) from-PP (8) in-PP (5) into-PP (2) into/to/with-PP (1) locative-PP (11) of-PP (5) on-PP (2) out_of-PP (1) over-PP (1) path-PP (8) through-PP (2) to-PP (19) with-PP (14) PP (180 frames) (no secondary frame type) (2) Attribute Subject, Extent-PP (2) Cause-PP (17) Destination-PP (1) Experiencer-PP (2) Expletive Subject, Theme-PP (1) Extent-PP (1) Inchoative variant, Product-PP (1) Instrument-PP (1) Location Subject, with-PP (8) Location-PP (12) Location-PP Theme-PP (1) Oblique-PP (1) Patient-PP (4) Possessor Subject, Attribute-PP (1) Recipient-PP (9) Result-PP (5) Simple Reciprocal Subject, Topic-PP (1) Source-PP (4) Stimulus-PP (1) Substance Subject, Source-PP (1) Theme-PP (4) Time-PP (2) Topic-PP (5) about-PP (5) after-PP (2) against-PP (2) against/about-PP (1) as-PP (1) at-PP (2) for-PP (5) for/into PP (1) from-PP (5) from/with-PP (1) in-PP (6) inchoative, locative-PP (1) like-PP (1) locative-PP (16) of-PP (3) on-PP (6) over-PP (2) path-PP (8) source-PP (1) through-PP (1) to-PP (6) w/ endstate (1) with-PP (14) with/into/to-PP (1) with/to-PP (1) Basic Transitive (128 frames) (no secondary frame type) (109) Body-part Object (1) Causative (5) Location Object (1) Recipient Object (2) Theme Object (2) Topic Object (3) dropped Instrument (1) with accompanied motion (2) without accompanied motion (2) Basic Intransitive (62 frames) (no secondary frame type) (57) inchoative (5) Transitive (57 frames) (no secondary frame type) (13) Attribute Object (2) Body-part Object (1) Body-part or reflexive Object (4) Causative (1) Causative variant (2) Causative variant, Material Object (1) Cognate Object (3) Destination Object (4) Experiencer Object (1) Location Object (2) Reaction Object (1) Recipient Object (3) Recipient Object, ellided Topic (1) Source Object (2) Substance Object (1) Theme Object (5) Theme Subject (2) accompanied motion (1) affected Patient1, no Patient2 (1) basically, locative preposition drop of "from" (1) dropped Theme (2) ellided Topic (1) understood Patient2 (1) without Destination (1) NP (56 frames) (no secondary frame type) (31) Asset Subject (3) Attribute Object (1) Attribute Subject (1) Attribute Subject, Extent Object (2) Causative variant (8) Expletive Subject, Theme Object (1) Expletive-there Subject (3) Induced Action with accompanied motion (2) Induced Action without accompanied motion (1) Plural object (1) Predicate Object (1) Theme Object (1) Intransitive (34 frames) (no secondary frame type) (14) Attribute Subject (2) Expletive Subject (1) Inchoative (10) Instrument Subject (1) Location subject (1) Plural Subject (5) NP-PP-PP (31 frames) Asset-PP Cause-PP (1) Body-part-PP Instrument-PP (1) Causative variant, Material-PP Product-PP (1) Goal-PP Source-PP (5) Instrument-PP Location-PP (1) Material-PP, Asset-PP (1) Product-PP Beneficiary-PP (1) Recipient-PP Asset-PP (1) Result-PP, Instrument-PP (8) Source-PP Beneficiary-PP (2) Source-PP Goal-PP (7) Source-PP path-PP (1) Source-PP, Asset-PP (1) Middle Construction (30 frames) (no secondary frame type) (30) S (28 frames) (no secondary frame type) (28) NP-ADJP (27 frames) Result-PP (1) Resultative (26) PP-PP (25 frames) Inchoative variant, Material-PP Product-PP (1) Location-PP Theme-PP (2) Recipient-PP Topic-PP (1) Result-PP, Instrument-PP (2) Source-PP path-PP (1) Theme-PP Location-PP (2) Topic-PP Recipient-PP (1) Topic-PP to-PP (1) Topic-PP with-PP (2) about-PP from-PP (1) from-PP to-PP (1) to-PP Topic-PP (1) w/ beginning state w/ end state (1) w/ end state w/ beginning state (1) with-PP Topic-PP (2) with-PP about-PP (2) with-PP in-PP (1) with-PP on-PP (2) P-ING-SC (15 frames) at-PP (1) from-PP (2) in-PP (4) into-PP (1) of-P (1) on-PP (2) to-PP (2) with-PP (1) with-PP at-PP (1) WHAT-S (15 frames) (no secondary frame type) (15) HOW-S (14 frames) (no secondary frame type) (14) Conative (13 frames) (no secondary frame type) (13) POSSING (13 frames) (no secondary frame type) (12) of-PP (1) Simple Reciprocal Intransitive (13 frames) (no secondary frame type) (13) Unspecified Object (13 frames) (no secondary frame type) (13) Dative (12 frames) (no secondary frame type) (11) always without accompanied motion (1) HOW-TO-INF (12 frames) (no secondary frame type) (12) Locative Inversion (12 frames) (no secondary frame type) (12) NP-NP (12 frames) (no secondary frame type) (5) Asset Subject (1) Beneficiary Object (5) Object Beneficiary (1) Instrument Subject Alternation (11 frames) (no secondary frame type) (11) NP-TOBE (11 frames) (no secondary frame type) (11) TO-INF-SC (11 frames) (no secondary frame type) (10) with-PP (1) WHAT-TO-INF (10 frames) (no secondary frame type) (10) NP-ADVP-PRED (9 frames) (no secondary frame type) (2) here/there (6) here/there/away (1) NP-P-ING-OC (9 frames) as-PP (1) into-PP (2) of-PP (2) to-PP (3) with-PP (1) ING-SC/BE-ING-SC (8 frames) (no secondary frame type) (8) NP-TO-INF-OC (8 frames) (no secondary frame type) (7) Recipient Object (1) PP-HOW-S (8 frames) from-PP (1) of-PP (1) to-PP (5) with-PP (1) PP-NP (8 frames) Expletive-there Subject (4) Goal-PP (1) Recipient-PP (1) Result-PP (1) upon/on-PP (1) Together Reciprocal Alternation Transitive (8 frames) (no secondary frame type) (8) WH-S (8 frames) (no secondary frame type) (8) ING-AC (7 frames) (no secondary frame type) (7) NP-S (7 frames) (no secondary frame type) (4) Recipient Object (3) NP-VEN-NP-OMIT (7 frames) (no secondary frame type) (7) P-POSSING (7 frames) about-PP (4) on-PP (2) with-P (1) PP-HOW-TO-INF (7 frames) Recipient-PP (1) from-PP (1) of-PP (1) to-PP (3) with-PP (1) NP-ADJP-PP (6 frames) Resultative, Instrument-PP (6) P-WHAT-S (6 frames) about-PP (5) on-PP (1) P-WHAT-TO-INF (6 frames) about-PP (3) on-PP (2) with-P (1) Simple Reciprocal Transitive (6 frames) (no secondary frame type) (6) FOR-TO-INF (5 frames) (no secondary frame type) (5) Together Reciprocal Alternation Intransitive (5 frames) (no secondary frame type) (5) ADJP (4 frames) Resultative (4) Infinitival Copular Clause (4 frames) (no secondary frame type) (4) Locative Preposition Drop (4 frames) (no secondary frame type) (4) NP-ADJP-PRED (4 frames) (no secondary frame type) (4) P-WH-S (4 frames) about-PP (4) PP-P-WH-S (4 frames) from-PP about-PP (1) of-PP about-PP (1) with-PP about-PP (2) PP-P-WH-TO-INF (4 frames) from-PP about-PP (1) of-PP about-PP (1) with-PP about-PP (2) PP-P-WHAT-S (4 frames) from-PP about-PP (1) of-PP about-PP (1) with-PP about-PP (2) PP-P-WHAT-TO-INF (4 frames) from-PP about-PP (1) of-PP about-PP (1) with-PP about-PP (2) PP-S (4 frames) Recipient-PP (3) to-PP (1) PP-THAT-S (4 frames) from-PP (1) to-PP (3) QUOT (4 frames) (no secondary frame type) (4) S-SUBJUNCT (4 frames) (no secondary frame type) (4) WH-TO-INF (4 frames) (no secondary frame type) (4) Characteristic Property of Instrument (3 frames) (no secondary frame type) (3) NP-NP-PRED (3 frames) (no secondary frame type) (3) NP-P-ING-AC (3 frames) about-PP (1) through-P (1) with-PP (1) NP-P-ING-SC (3 frames) on-PP (1) to-PP (2) NP-PART (3 frames) down (1) up (2) P-ING-AC (3 frames) about-PP (1) with-PP (2) P-WH-TO-INF (3 frames) about-PP (3) PP-QUOT (3 frames) Recipient-PP (3) PP-THAT-S-SUBJUNCT (3 frames) to-PP (3) PP-WHAT-S (3 frames) to-PP (3) Unintentional Interpretation of Object (3 frames) Body_part Object (2) Reflexive Object (1) ADJP-PP (2 frames) Resultative, Instrument-PP (2) ADVP (2 frames) here/there (2) ADVP-PRED (2 frames) here/there (2) Fulfilling Alternation (2 frames) (no secondary frame type) (2) ING-NP-OMIT (2 frames) (no secondary frame type) (2) Material/Product Alternation Intransitive (2 frames) Material Subject (1) Product Subject (1) Material/Product Alternation Transitive (2 frames) Material Object (1) Product Object (1) NP-HOW-S (2 frames) (no secondary frame type) (2) NP-HOW-TO-INF (2 frames) Recipient Object (2) NP-NP-PP (2 frames) Asset Subject (1) Asset-PP (1) NP-P-ING (2 frames) as-PP (1) from-PP (1) NP-QUOT (2 frames) Recipient Object (2) NP-WHAT-S (2 frames) (no secondary frame type) (2) NP-WHAT-TO-INF (2 frames) (no secondary frame type) (2) P-NP-ING (2 frames) about-PP (1) on-PP (1) PART-NP (2 frames) down (1) up (1) PP-TO-INF-OC (2 frames) Recipient-PP (2) PP-WHAT-TO-INF (2 frames) to-PP (2) Passive (2 frames) (no secondary frame type) (1) Participle form (1) SEEM-S (2 frames) (no secondary frame type) (2) TO-INF-AC (2 frames) (no secondary frame type) (2) TO-INF-RS (2 frames) (no secondary frame type) (2) There-insertion (2 frames) (no secondary frame type) (2) (SUBCAT ADL) (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) (SUBCAT MP) (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) (SUBCAT SFIN, AGR S[FIN +], SUBTYPE EXTRAP) (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) ADJ (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) ADJP-PRED-RS (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) ADVP-PRED-RS (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) Apart Reciprocal Alternation Intransitive (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) Apart Reciprocal Alternation Transitive (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) Attribute Object Possessor-Attribute Factoring Alternation (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) Benefactive Alternation (1 frame) double object (1) ING-SC (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) ING-SC/BE-ING (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) Location Subject Alternation (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) Locatum Subject Alternation (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) NP-ADVP (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) NP-INF-OC (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) NP-ING (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) NP-ING-OC (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) NP-ING-SC (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) NP-P-NP-ING (1 frame) on-PP (1) NP-P-POSSING (1 frame) on-PP (1) NP-P-WH-S (1 frame) on-PP (1) NP-PP-PRED (1 frame) for-PP (1) NP-PRED-RS (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) NP-TO-INF (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) NP-TO-INF-AC (1 frame) Recipient Object (1) NP-TO-INF-VC (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) NP-WH-S (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) NP-WH-TO-INF (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) NP-WHEN-TO-INF (1 frame) Recipient Object (1) P-NP-TO-INF (1 frame) on-PP (1) PART (1 frame) out (1) PP-PRED-RS (1 frame) in-PP (1) PP-TO-INF-AC (1 frame) Recipient-PP (1) PP-WH-S (1 frame) to-PP (1) PP-WHEN-TO-INF (1 frame) Recipient-PP (1) PRO-Arb Object Alternation (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) Raw Material Subject (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) Reflexive of Appearance (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) SEEM-TO-NP-S (1 frame) to-PP (1) Simple Reciprocal Alternation Transitive (1 frame) prepositional variant (1) THAT-S (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) TO-INFN-SC (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) Total Transformation Alternation Intransitive (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) Total Transformation Alternation Transitive (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) Understood Body-Part Object (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) Understood Reciprocal Object (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) Unspecified Reflexive Object (1 frame) Reflexive variant (1) WHEN-TO-INF (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) Way Object Alternation (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) With Preposition Drop (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1) With Preposition Drop Alternation (1 frame) (no secondary frame type) (1)

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