Frameset

Predicate beat:

Frames file for 'beat' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet classes hit-18.1 knead-26.5 shake-22.3 shake-22.3-4, other framed members include: hit, strike; shake, squash, wind, work; append, attach, bind, collect, gather, roll. Comparison with 'hit' and 'win'.

Roleset beat.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "strike":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, hitter - animate only!

Arg1:thing hit

Arg2:instrument, thing hit by or with

Examples:

violence (-)
`Mary beat John with a wet noodle.`
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	beat
Arg1:	John
Arg2-with:	a wet noodle

Roleset beat.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "push, cause motion":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of motion

Arg1:thing moving

Arg2:direction, destination

Examples:

all args, passivized (-)
Another proposed reform is to have program traders answer to an ``uptick rule'' a reform instituted after the Great Crash of 1929 that protects against stocks being relentlessly beaten trace downward by those seeking to profit from lower prices, namely short sellers.
Arg1:	trace -> stocks
ArgM-MNR:	relentlessly
REL:	beaten
Arg2-DIR:	downward
Arg0-by:	those seeking to profit from lower prices, namely short sellers

I have the feeling this will always occur as "beat down(ward)".

Roleset beat.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "win over some competitor":

Roles:

Arg0:winner

Arg1:loser

Arg2:competition

Examples:

no stated competition (-)
`Now, after trace beating them, Mr. Achenbaum is joining them.`
Arg0:	trace -> Mr. Achenbaum
REL:	beating
Arg1:	them

stated competition (-)
The product isn't widely used yet, but Toshiba, which *trace* has already beaten everyone else in producing the current-generation one-megabit DRAMs...

Arg0: *trace* -> which -> Toshiba

ArgM-TMP: already

REL: beaten

Arg1: everyone else

Arg2-in: producing the current-generation one-megabit DRAMs

stated competition (-)
`The product isn't widely used yet, but Toshiba, which trace has already beaten everyone else in producing the current-generation one-megabit DRAMs...`
Arg0:	trace -> which -> Toshiba
ArgM-TMP:	already
REL:	beaten
Arg1:	everyone else
Arg2-in:	producing the current-generation one-megabit DRAMs

Predicate beat_out:

Same as "win" sense above.

Roleset beat.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "win over some opponent":

Roles:

Arg0:winner

Arg1:loser

Arg2:competition

Examples:

success! (-)
`More recently, Guber Peters beat out a dozen other producers, reportedly including Robert Redford and Ted Turner, for rights to the life story of Chico Mendes, the murdered Brazilian union leader who fought developers in the Amazon rain forest.`
ArgM-TMP:	More recently
Arg0:	Guber Peters
REL:	[ beat] [ out]
Arg1:	a dozen other producers, reportedly including Robert Redford and Ted Turner,
Arg2-for:	rights to the life story of Chico Mendes, the murdered Brazilian union leader who fought developers in the Amazon rain forest

Predicate beat_up:

Roleset beat.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "strike repeatedly":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, hitter - animate only!

Arg1:thing hit

Arg2:instrument, thing hit by or with

Examples:

more violence (-)
`Mary beats up John every day after school.`
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	beats up
Arg1:	John
Argm-TMP:	every day
Argm-TMP:	after school

Poor John.

beat 0.2 and beat 0.3 not in Levin missing classes shake 22.3, knead 26.5, crane 40.3.2 and sound emission 43.2