Frameset

Predicate cut:

Frames file for 'cut' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus and comparison with 'reduce'

Roleset cut.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "slice":

Roles:

Arg0:cutter

Arg1:thing cut

Arg2:medium, source

Arg3:instrument

Arg4:beneficiary

Examples:

it slices, it dices, it makes julienne fries! (-)
`Trading companies can cut through the logjam that small-company owners often face.`
Arg0:	Trading companies
Argm-MOD:	can
REL:	cut
Arg2-through:	the logjam that small-company owners often face.

I think that's the wrong syntactic parse, actually, but we'll go with it.
with source (-)
Longer production runs would cut inefficiencies from adjusting machinery between production cycles.

Arg0: Longer production runs

Argm-MOD: would

REL: cut

Arg1: inefficiencies

Arg2-from: adjusting machinery between production cycles.

with source (-)
`Longer production runs would cut inefficiencies from adjusting machinery between production cycles.`
Arg0:	Longer production runs
Argm-MOD:	would
REL:	cut
Arg1:	inefficiencies
Arg2-from:	adjusting machinery between production cycles.

Roleset cut.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "reduce":

Roles:

Arg0:cutter

Arg1:thing reduced

Arg2:amount reduced by

Arg3:start point

Arg4:end point

Examples:

with EXT (-)
`Magna recently cut its quarterly divided in half.`
Arg0:	Magna
Argm-TMP:	recently
REL:	cut
Arg1:	its quarterly divided
Arg2-EXT:	in half

with start and end points (-)
Goody Products Inc cut its quarterly dividend to five cents a share from 11.5 cents a share.

Arg0: Goody Products Inc

REL: cut

Arg1: its quarterly dividend

Arg4-to: five cents a share

Arg3-from: 11.5 cents a share

with start and end points (-)
`Goody Products Inc cut its quarterly dividend to five cents a share from 11.5 cents a share.`
Arg0:	Goody Products Inc
REL:	cut
Arg1:	its quarterly dividend
Arg4-to:	five cents a share
Arg3-from:	11.5 cents a share

but usually with just arg1 (-)
NL and Mr. Simmons cut the price they were proposing for Georgia Gulf.

Arg0: NL and Mr. Simmons

REL: cut

Arg1: the price they were proposing for Georgia Gulf

but usually with just arg1 (-)
`NL and Mr. Simmons cut the price they were proposing for Georgia Gulf.`
Arg0:	NL and Mr. Simmons
REL:	cut
Arg1:	the price they were proposing for Georgia Gulf

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
cut into (-)

Net cash income -- the amount left in farmers' pockets after deducting expenses from gross cash income -- increased in 33 states in 1988, as the drought cut into crop yields and drove up commodity prices, the department's Economic Research Service reported yesterday.

Arg0: the drought

REL: cut

Arg1-into: crop yields

cut into (-)
`Net cash income -- the amount left in farmers' pockets after deducting expenses from gross cash income -- increased in 33 states in 1988, as the drought cut into crop yields and drove up commodity prices, the department's Economic Research Service reported yesterday.`
Arg0:	the drought
REL:	cut
Arg1-into:	crop yields

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: gerund
completely reduce (-)

For the first time, the U.S. considered cutting Mr. Noriega from its intelligence payroll -- and the deliberations were intense, Mr. Turner says.

Arg0: the U.S.

REL: cutting

Arg1: Mr. Noriega

Arg2-from: its intelligence payroll

completely reduce (-)
`For the first time, the U.S. considered cutting Mr. Noriega from its intelligence payroll -- and the deliberations were intense, Mr. Turner says.`
Arg0:	the U.S.
REL:	cutting
Arg1:	Mr. Noriega
Arg2-from:	its intelligence payroll

Roleset cut.03 Verbnet Class: 1 "various idiomatic usages":

Roles:

Arg0:cutter

Arg1:thing cut

Examples:

cut class (-)
`It was full of violence and gangs and kids cutting class`
Arg0:	kids
REL:	cutting
Arg1:	class

cut it (-)
Many older athletes wonder if they can still cut it.

Arg0: they

Argm-MOD: can

Argm-TMP: still

REL: cut

Arg1: it

cut it (-)
`Many older athletes wonder if they can still cut it.`
Arg0:	they
Argm-MOD:	can
Argm-TMP:	still
REL:	cut
Arg1:	it

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full
cut corners (-)

``Most of us grew up [*-2] believing in the axioms `Haste makes waste' and `[*] Don't cut corners,'...

Arg0: [*]

Argm-NEG: n't

REL: cut

Arg1: corners

cut corners (-)
``Most of us grew up [-2] believing in the axioms `Haste makes waste' and `[] Don't cut corners,'...
Arg0:	[*]
Argm-NEG:	n't
REL:	cut
Arg1:	corners

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: gerund
That's the way Treebank parses it, too.
cut a deal (-)

In addition, White House aides think that there are numerous other important measures Democrats badly wanted passed -- such as the scaling back of a controversial catastrophic health-care plan for the elderly -- that might provide the president leverage in [*] cutting deals with Democrats.

Arg0: [*] -> the President

REL: cutting

Arg1: deals with Democrats

cut a deal (-)
`In addition, White House aides think that there are numerous other important measures Democrats badly wanted passed -- such as the scaling back of a controversial catastrophic health-care plan for the elderly -- that might provide the president leverage in [*] cutting deals with Democrats.`
Arg0:	[*] -> the President
REL:	cutting
Arg1:	deals with Democrats

This encompasses a wide range of senses, but they all take basically the same PAS.

Predicate cut_off:

Roleset cut.04 Verbnet Class: 1 "cut off: slice off":

Roles:

Arg0:cutter

Arg1:thing cut

Arg2:medium, source

Arg3:instrument

Arg4:beneficiary

Examples:

Just for the record, I'd like to point out that it isn't the seed companies that do this detasseling, but legions of Midwestern teenagers.

detassling (-)
`The seed companies cut off the tassels of each plant.`
Arg0:	The seed companies
REL:	cut_off
Arg1:	the tassels of each plant

Predicate cut_back:

Roleset cut.05 Verbnet Class: 1 "cut back: reduce":

Roles:

Arg0:cutter

Arg1:thing reduced

Arg2:amount reduced by

Arg3:start point

Arg4:end point

Examples:

overeating (-)
``Whoa,'' thought John, ``I've got to start cutting back on my intake of chocolate.''
Arg0:	I
REL:	cutting_back
Arg1-1:	my intake of chocolate

Predicate cut_out:

Roleset cut.06 Verbnet Class: NONE "cut out: eliminate":

Roles:

Arg0:eliminator

Arg1:thing eliminated

Arg2:source

Examples:

future

active

full

now cut that out! (-)
`The move will cut out the cost of a middleman and give Specialized more control over marketing and sales.`
Arg0:	The move
Argm-MOD:	will
REL:	cut out
Arg1:	the cos of a middleman

Roleset cut.09 Verbnet Class: NONE "cut out: arrange(d)":

Roles:

Arg1:thing arranged

Arg2:arranged for whome

Examples:

passive

participle

Weird; I don't think the active can occur.

here ya go (-)
`As the building's new owner, Chase will have its work cut out for it.`
Arg1:	its work
REL:	cut out
Arg2-for:	it

Predicate cut_loose:

Roleset cut.07 Verbnet Class: NONE "cut loose: set or become free":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of freedom

Arg1:entity undergoing freedom

Arg2:source, cause of unfreedom

Examples:

active

infinitive

ergative (-)
Mr. Roman, by contrast, seems [*-1] rarely to cut loose at all, although he did appear at Ogilvy's Halloween party Friday decked out in duck feet and a duck hat, costumed as a ``lame duck.''
Arg1:	[*-1] -> Mr. Roman
REL:	cut loose
Argm-DIS:	at all
Argm-ADV:	although he did appear at Ogilvy's Halloween party Friday decked out in duck feet and a duck hat, costumed as a ``lame duck.''

Predicate cut_up:

Roleset cut.08 Verbnet Class: NONE "cut up: cut completely":

Roles:

Arg0:cutter

Arg1:thing now in pieces

Examples:

gerund

PETA would be happy (-)
An undistinguished college student who dabbled in zoology until he concluded that he couldn't stand cutting up frogs, Mr. Corry wanted to work for a big company ``that could do big things.''
Arg0:	he
REL:	cutting up
Arg1:	frogs