Frameset

Predicate drop:

Frames file for 'drop' based on survey of initial sentences from big corpus and comparison with 'fall'

Roleset drop.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "go down, esp of financial usage":

Roles:

Arg0:entity doing the dropping

Arg1:Logical subject, patient, thing falling

Arg2:EXT, amount fallen

Arg3:start point

Arg4:end point, end state of arg1

ArgM-LOC:medium

Examples:

start and end points (-)
`The government's borrowing authority dropped to $2.8 trillion from $2.87 trillion.`
Arg1:	the government's borrowing authority
REL:	dropped
Arg4-to:	$2.8 trillion
Arg3-from:	$2.87 trillion

extent (-)
The stock market dropped nearly 7% Oct 13.

Arg1: The stock market

REL: dropped

Arg2-EXT: nearly 7%

ArgM-TMP: Oct 13

extent (-)
`The stock market dropped nearly 7% Oct 13.`
Arg1:	The stock market
REL:	dropped
Arg2-EXT:	nearly 7%
ArgM-TMP:	Oct 13

Let's use EXT for numericals only, otherwise Arg2-MNR:
manner (-)
Yields on savings-type certificates of deposit dropped slightly last week.

Arg1: Yields on savings-type certificates of deposit

REL: dropped

Arg2-MNR: slightly

ArgM-TMP: last week

manner (-)
`Yields on savings-type certificates of deposit dropped slightly last week.`
Arg1:	Yields on savings-type certificates of deposit
REL:	dropped
Arg2-MNR:	slightly
ArgM-TMP:	last week

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

John dropped a penny from the top of the Empire State Building.

Arg0: John

REL: dropped

Arg1: a penny

Arg3-from: the top of the Empire State Building

agentive (-)
`John dropped a penny from the top of the Empire State Building.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	dropped
Arg1:	a penny
Arg3-from:	the top of the Empire State Building

Roleset drop.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "remove":

Roles:

Arg0:remover

Arg1:removed

Arg2:source

Examples:

future

active

full

all args (-)
`Mr. Koch already has announced he will drop 3,200 jobs from the city payroll, but that won't be enough.`
Arg0:	he
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	drop
Arg1:	3,200 jobs
Arg2-from:	the city payroll

no source (-)
It has dropped its long-standing opposition.

Arg0: It

REL: has dropped

Arg1: its long standing opposition

no source (-)
`It has dropped its long-standing opposition.`
Arg0:	It
REL:	has dropped
Arg1:	its long standing opposition

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
oddly also with new preference (-)

``The World Series, seven nights, wasn't enough of an incentive,'' says Arnold Klinsky of WHEC-TV in Rochester, which [*T*-1] dropped CBS for NBC six weeks ago.

Arg0: [*T*-1] -> which -> WHEC-TV

REL: dropped

Arg1: CBS

ArgM-ADV: for NBC

ArgM-TMP: six weeks ago

oddly also with new preference (-)
``The World Series, seven nights, wasn't enough of an incentive,'' says Arnold Klinsky of WHEC-TV in Rochester, which [T-1] dropped CBS for NBC six weeks ago.
Arg0:	[T-1] -> which -> WHEC-TV
REL:	dropped
Arg1:	CBS
ArgM-ADV:	for NBC
ArgM-TMP:	six weeks ago

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive
weight loss (-)

``I don't trust people who don't eat,'' said Ms. Volokh, though she herself stopped eating lunch a few years ago [*-3] to drop 25 pounds.

Arg0: [*-3] -> she herself

REL: drop

Arg1: 25 pounds

weight loss (-)
``I don't trust people who don't eat,'' said Ms. Volokh, though she herself stopped eating lunch a few years ago [*-3] to drop 25 pounds.
Arg0:	[*-3] -> she herself
REL:	drop
Arg1:	25 pounds

Roleset drop.06 Verbnet Class: NONE "drop names":

Roles:

Arg0:sycophant

Arg1:names

Examples:

active

full

not much variation in syntax (-)
`Some people must drop names -- call it an irresistible impulse.`
Arg0:	Some people
ArgM-MOD:	must
REL:	drop
Arg1:	names

Roleset drop.07 Verbnet Class: NONE "spend money":

Roles:

Arg0:big spender

Arg1:amount of money

Arg2:commodity

Examples:

past

active

full

big spender (-)
`They'd actually left the Soviet Union with $480, but during a stop in Italy Ms. Volokh dropped $80 on a black velvet suit.`
ArgM-TMP:	during a stop in Italy
Arg0:	Ms. Volokh
REL:	dropped
Arg1:	$80
Arg2-on:	a black velvet suit

Predicate drop_by:

Roleset drop.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "come":

Roles:

Arg1:entity in motion / 'comer'

Arg2:extent -- rare)

Arg3:start point -- also rare)

Arg4:end point

Examples:

and bring the kids (-)
`Maybe she could drop by at the Metropolitan Opera.`
Argm-DIS:	Maybe
Arg1:	she
Argm-MOD:	could
REL:	drop by
Arg4-at:	the Metropolitan Opera

NP end point (-)
You may drop by the VOA office in Washington.

Arg0: You

ArgM-MOD: may

REL: drop by

Arg4: the VOA office in Washington

NP end point (-)
`You may drop by the VOA office in Washington.`
Arg0:	You
ArgM-MOD:	may
REL:	drop by
Arg4:	the VOA office in Washington

Predicate drop_off:

Roleset drop.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "leave behind?":

Roles:

usually non financial usage

Arg0:entity doing the dropping

Arg1:Logical subject, patient, thing falling

Arg2:EXT, amount fallen

Arg4:end point, end state

ArgM-LOC:medium

Examples:

roles are same as above, except don't expect to see start point

end point (-)
`John dropped his kids off at summer camp.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	dropped off
Arg1:	his kids
Arg4-at:	summer camp

intransitive (-)
John dropped off (to sleep)

Arg0: John

REL: dropped off

intransitive (-)
`John dropped off (to sleep)`
Arg0:	John
REL:	dropped off

Predicate drop_out:

Roleset drop.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "quit":

Roles:

Arg0:quitter

Arg1:thing quit (usually of-phrase)

Examples:

flunk (-)
`John dropped out of school.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	dropped out
Arg1-of:	school

Also in intransitive.