Frameset

Predicate follow:

Frames file for 'follow' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus

Roleset follow.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "be subsequent, temporally or spatially":

Roles:

Arg0:causal agent

Arg1:thing following, coming after

Arg2:thing followed, coming before

Examples:

intransitive (-)
`Champagne and dessert followed.`
Arg1:	Champagne and desert
REL:	followed

transitive (-)
The strong growth followed year-to-year increases of 21% in August.

Arg1: The strong growth

REL: followed

Arg2: year-to-year increases of 21% in August

transitive (-)
`The strong growth followed year-to-year increases of 21% in August.`
Arg1:	The strong growth
REL:	followed
Arg2:	year-to-year increases of 21% in August

passivized (-)
California led the nation, followed by Texas, Iowa, and Florida

Arg2: California

REL: followed

Arg1-by: Texas, Iowa, and Florida

passivized (-)
`California led the nation, followed by Texas, Iowa, and Florida`
Arg2:	California
REL:	followed
Arg1-by:	Texas, Iowa, and Florida

the Arg1 would be the rest of the sentence, but we'll skip it. This construction happens a lot--occasionally there's a clear Arg1,--but usually not. Err on the side of caution when looking for an Arg1.
as temporal (-)
Following the acquisition of RP Scherer, the maker of gelcaps decided to ...

REL: Following

Arg2: the acquisition of RP Scherer

as temporal (-)
`Following the acquisition of RP Scherer, the maker of gelcaps decided to ...`
REL:	Following
Arg2:	the acquisition of RP Scherer

with causal agent (-)
Mr. Simmons has followed friendly offers with a hostile tender offer.

Arg0: Mr. Simmons

REL: has followed

Arg2: friendly offers

Arg1: a hostile tender offer

with causal agent (-)
`Mr. Simmons has followed friendly offers with a hostile tender offer.`
Arg0:	Mr. Simmons
REL:	has followed
Arg2:	friendly offers
Arg1:	a hostile tender offer

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: full
obnoxious intervening idiom chunk (-)

Now Republican leaders are concentrating on attaching a capital-gains amendment to some other bill, perhaps a measure raising the federal borrowing limit or a second tax bill that [*T*-1] would follow on the heels of the deficit-reduction legislation.

Argm-MOD: would

REL: follow

Arg1: [*T*-1] -> that -> a second tax bill

Argm-MNR: on the heels

Arg2-of: the deficit-reduction legislation

obnoxious intervening idiom chunk (-)
`Now Republican leaders are concentrating on attaching a capital-gains amendment to some other bill, perhaps a measure raising the federal borrowing limit or a second tax bill that [T-1] would follow on the heels of the deficit-reduction legislation.`
Argm-MOD:	would
REL:	follow
Arg1:	[T-1] -> that -> a second tax bill
Argm-MNR:	on the heels
Arg2-of:	the deficit-reduction legislation

Roleset follow.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "adhere to, accept, pursue":

Roles:

Arg0:acceptor, pursuer

Arg1:thing followed

Arg2:benefactive

Examples:

another transitive (-)
`Many investors follow a strategy of buying and holding a mix of stocks.`
Arg0:	Many investors
REL:	follow
Arg1:	a strategy of buying and holding a mix of stocks

with manner (-)
John avidly follows Major League baseball for his father, who can only receive Italian soccer on his TV.

Arg0: John

ArgM-MNR: avidly

REL: follows

Arg1: Major League baseball

Arg2-for: his father, who can only receive Italian soccer on his TV.

with manner (-)
`John avidly follows Major League baseball for his father, who can only receive Italian soccer on his TV.`
Arg0:	John
ArgM-MNR:	avidly
REL:	follows
Arg1:	Major League baseball
Arg2-for:	his father, who can only receive Italian soccer on his TV.

Roleset follow.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "list function":

Roles:

Arg1:described

Examples:

progressive

active

participle

with arg (-)
`The following individuals were fined as indicated and barred from association with NASD members, or, where noted, suspended.`
REL:	following
Arg1:	individuals

person: ns tense: ns aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle
empty arg (-)

The following [*ICH*-2] were neither barred nor suspended: Stephanie Veselich Enright, Rolling Hills, Calif., fined $2,500 and ordered to disgorge $11,762; Stuart Lane Russel, Glendale, Calif., fined $2,500 and ordered to disgorge $14,821; Devon Nilson Dahl, Fountain Valley, Calif., fined $82,389.

REL: following

Arg1: [*ICH*-2]

empty arg (-)
`The following [ICH-2] were neither barred nor suspended: Stephanie Veselich Enright, Rolling Hills, Calif., fined $2,500 and ordered to disgorge $11,762; Stuart Lane Russel, Glendale, Calif., fined $2,500 and ordered to disgorge $14,821; Devon Nilson Dahl, Fountain Valley, Calif., fined $82,389.`
REL:	following
Arg1:	[ICH-2]

Roleset follow.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "logical conclusion":

Roles:

Arg1:conclusion

Arg2:thesis

Examples:

active

full

with manner (-)
...``Robert Bork's America'' -- the parade of imaginary horribles that [T-2] would follow logically, he claimed, from the positions Mr. Bork had taken over the space of two decades.
Arg1:	[T-2] -> that -> the parade of imaginary horribles
Argm-MOD:	would
REL:	follow
Argm-MNR:	logically
Arg2-from:	the positions Mr. Bork had taken over the space of two decades

Predicate follow_suit:

Roleset follow.06 Verbnet Class: NONE "do the same thing, imitate":

Roles:

Arg0:imitator

Examples:

active

infinitive

monkey see, monkey do (-)
`Budget Rent a Car Corp., of Chicago, and National Car Rental Systems Inc., of Minneapolis, both said [0] they had no plans [*] to follow suit.`
Arg0:	[*] -> they
REL:	follow suit

Predicate follow_through:

Roleset follow.07 Verbnet Class: NONE "fulfill, complete":

Roles:

Arg0:fulfiller

Arg1:promise, plans, etc

Examples:

third

present

active

full

not like tennis (-)
`They argue that as the Kremlin follows through on announced plans to cut land forces....`
Arg0:	the Kremlin
REL:	follows through
Arg1-on:	announced plans to cut land forces

Predicate follow_up:

Roleset follow.03 Verbnet Class: 1 "be subsequent, etc":

Roles:

Arg0:causal agent

Arg1:thing following, coming after

Arg2:thing followed, coming before

Examples:

optional preposition (-)
`Scty of State James Baker followed up [on] a proposal made by Bob Hawke.`
Arg0:	Scy of State James Baker
REL:	followed up
Arg1-on:	a proposal made by Bob Hawke