Frameset

Predicate close:

Frames file for 'close' based on first 50 or so sentences from big corpus

Roleset close.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "shut":

Roles:

Arg0:person doing the closing

Arg1:thing closing

Arg2:anti-beneficiary

Examples:

transitive agentive (-)
`Investors want trace=investors to close its doors for good.`
Arg0:	trace=investors
REL:	to close
Arg1:	its doors
ArgM-MNR:	for good

ergative, sorta adjectival (-)
Paris, Brussels, and Milan were closed for a holiday.

Arg1: Paris, Brussels, and Milan

REL: were closed

ArgM-PNC: for a holiday

ergative, sorta adjectival (-)
`Paris, Brussels, and Milan were closed for a holiday.`
Arg1:	Paris, Brussels, and Milan
REL:	were closed
ArgM-PNC:	for a holiday

person: third tense: present aspect: perfect voice: passive form: participle
with 'beneficiary' (-)

Now the wildlife refuge has been closed [*-1] to the industry, possibly for years.

Argm-TMP: Now

REL: closed

Arg1: [*-1] -> the wildlife refuge

Arg2-to: the industry

Argm-TMP: possibly for years

with 'beneficiary' (-)
`Now the wildlife refuge has been closed [*-1] to the industry, possibly for years.`
Argm-TMP:	Now
REL:	closed
Arg1:	[*-1] -> the wildlife refuge
Arg2-to:	the industry
Argm-TMP:	possibly for years

Roleset close.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "terminate":

in this corpus, primarily of stocks

Examples:

Roles:

Arg1:thing closing

ArgM-MNR:up, down, or unchanged

ArgM-EXT:end point

with EXT (-)
`Cray Research closed yesterday at $38 in NYSE composite trading.`
Arg1:	Cray Research
REL:	closed
ArgM-TMP:	yesterday
ArgM-EXT:	at $38
ArgM-LOC:	in NYSE composite tradeing.

and again (-)
The FTSE index closed 17.5 points higher at 2160.1

Arg1: The FTSE index

REL: closed

ArgM-MNR: 17.5 points higher

ArgM-EXT: at 2160.1

and again (-)
`The FTSE index closed 17.5 points higher at 2160.1`
Arg1:	The FTSE index
REL:	closed
ArgM-MNR:	17.5 points higher
ArgM-EXT:	at 2160.1

Roleset close.03 Verbnet Class: 1 "come about, come to completion (as of deals)":

Roles:

Arg0:entity making the deal

Arg1:the deal

Examples:

ergative (-)
`Sony's acquisition of Guber/Peters Entertainment closed Monday.`
Arg1:	Son's acquisition of Guber/Peters Entertainment
REL:	closed
ArgM-TMP:	Monday

transitive/agentive (-)
Armstrong will close the sale of the color unit in late November.

Arg0: Armstrong

REL: will close

Arg1: the sale of the color unit

ArgM-TMP: in late November

transitive/agentive (-)
`Armstrong will close the sale of the color unit in late November.`
Arg0:	Armstrong
REL:	will close
Arg1:	the sale of the color unit
ArgM-TMP:	in late November

Beware of adjectival usages: We need to keep closer track of blue books. Warner Communications Inc is close to an agreement with Bugs Bunny.

Roleset close.06 Verbnet Class: NONE "become nearer":

Roles:

Arg1:entity in motion

Arg2:target

Examples:

present

progressive

active

participle

here they come! (-)
Another guy who thinks they're out there and closing fast is Whitley Strieber, whose new novel, ``Majestic'' (Putnam, 317 pages, $18.95), takes a look at a reported 1947 UFO crash near the Roswell Army Air Field in a New Mexico desert.
Arg1:	they
REL:	closing
Argm-MNR:	fast

Predicate close_down:

Roleset close.04 Verbnet Class: 1 "close down: terminate":

Much the same as the "shut" roleset id="close.05" above.

Examples:

Roles:

Arg0:person doing the closing

Arg1:thing closing

agentive (-)
`John closed down the unprofitable business.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	closed down
Arg1:	the unprofitable business.

Watch out for "stocks closed down 15% yesterday"

Predicate close_off:

Roleset close.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "close off: shut":

Roles:

Arg0:person doing the closing

Arg1:thing closing

Arg2:anti-beneficiary

Examples:

active

infinitive

spam spam spam, glorious spam (-)
``Why anyone would want [*-2] to close themselves off (from direct mail), a priori, doesn't make any sense,'' says Michael Bronner of Bronner Slosberg Associates, a Boston directmail firm.
Arg0:	[*-2] -> anyone
REL:	close off
Arg1-REC:	themselves
Arg2-from:	direct mail

Predicate close_in:

Roleset close.07 Verbnet Class: NONE "close in: become nearer":

Roles:

Arg1:entity in motion

Arg2:target

Examples:

progressive

active

participle

all args (-)
`But yesterday, as Atlantis rumbled into a patch of clear sky above Florida with storm clouds closing in on it, NASA sought to turn Galileo into a symbol of triumph.`
Arg1:	storm clouds
REL:	closing in
Arg2-on:	it