Frameset

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

Predicate hold:

Roleset hold.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "grasp, bear":

Roles:

Arg0:holder

Arg1:thing held

Arg2:benefactive

Arg3:secondary attribute of arg1

Examples:

just transitive (-)
`WR Grace & Co holds a 83.4% interest in the company.`
Arg0:	WR Grace & Co
REL:	holds
Arg1:	a 83.4% interest in the company

with secondary attribute (-)
Mr. Steinhardt holds USAir as a an investment.

Arg0: Mr. Steinhardt

REL: holds

Arg1: USAir

Arg3-as: a an investment

with secondary attribute (-)
`Mr. Steinhardt holds USAir as a an investment.`
Arg0:	Mr. Steinhardt
REL:	holds
Arg1:	USAir
Arg3-as:	a an investment

Roleset hold.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "attributive":

equiv to 'call' or 'think'

Examples:

Roles:

Arg0:holder / thinker

Arg1:thing held

Arg2:attribute of arg1

apparently passive (-)
`The refund pool may not be held trace=pool hostage`
REL:	held
Arg1:	trace=pool
Arg2:	hostage

thing held is a sentence (-)
The Supreme Court held that legislative vetoes are unconstitutional.

Arg0: The Supreme Court

REL: held

Arg1: legislative vetoes are unconstitutional

thing held is a sentence (-)
`The Supreme Court held that legislative vetoes are unconstitutional.`
Arg0:	The Supreme Court
REL:	held
Arg1:	legislative vetoes are unconstitutional

unaccusative (-)
The economy was holding steady.

Arg1: The economy

REL: was holding

Arg2: steady

unaccusative (-)
`The economy was holding steady.`
Arg1:	The economy
REL:	was holding
Arg2:	steady

hold against: (two meanings)
and the ever-popular: If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?
hold against (-)
John's violent outbursts are held against him.

Arg1: John's violent outbursts

REL: are held

Arg2-against: him

hold against (-)
`John's violent outbursts are held against him.`
Arg1:	John's violent outbursts
REL:	are held
Arg2-against:	him

Roleset hold.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "last, persevere":

Roles:

Arg1:thing lasting

Arg2:description of arg1

Examples:

stock report (-)
`UAL held at a slightly lower level through most of the session.`
Arg1:	UAL
REL:	held
Arg2:	at a slightly lower level
Argm-TMP:	through most of the session

Compare this roleset to the attributive roleset above and to the hold_up roleset below.

Roleset hold.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "conduct":

Roles:

Arg0:conductor

Arg1:thing held

Arg2:with whom

Examples:

let's have a meeting (-)
`GM's UK unit holds crucial talks today with union officials.`
Arg0:	GM's UK unit
REL:	holds
Arg1:	crucial talks
Argm-TMP:	today
Arg2-with:	union officials

passive variant (took place) (-)
A buffet breakfast was held *trace* in the museum.

REL: was held

Arg1: *trace* -> A buffet breakfast

ArgM-LOC: in the museum

passive variant (took place) (-)
`A buffet breakfast was held trace in the museum.`
REL:	was held
Arg1:	trace -> A buffet breakfast
ArgM-LOC:	in the museum

Arg2 as benefactive (-)
John held a party for Mary

Arg0: John

REL: held

Arg1: a party

Arg2-for: for Mary

Arg2 as benefactive (-)
`John held a party for Mary`
Arg0:	John
REL:	held
Arg1:	a party
Arg2-for:	for Mary

Predicate hold_on:

Roleset hold.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "wait":

Roles:

Arg1:entity waiting

Examples:

only as imperative, to my mind, and thus takes only a blank *trace* as Arg0

ok, I was wrong (-)
`I'm going trace to hold on.`
Arg1:	trace=I
REL:	hold on

Roleset hold.06 Verbnet Class: NONE "grasp":

Roles:

Arg0:holder

Arg1:thing held

Arg2:benefactive

Examples:

hold me loosely (-)
`Spooked investors should hold on tight to their Jaguar shares.`
Arg0:	Spooked investors
Argm-MOD:	should
REL:	hold on
Argm-MNR:	tight
Arg1-to:	their Jaguar shares

Predicate hold_back:

Roleset hold.07 Verbnet Class: NONE "restrain":

Roles:

Arg0:restrainer

Arg1:thing being restrained

Arg2:thing being held back from

Examples:

march of progress, and all that (-)
`You can't hold back technology.`
Arg0:	You
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	hold back
Arg1:	technology

Predicate hold_off:

Roleset hold.08 Verbnet Class: NONE "wait, delay":

Roles:

Arg0:waiter, delayer

Arg1:thing delayed

Examples:

usually with temporal (-)
`Many customers were holding off on purchase decisions until the takeover was completed.`
Arg0:	Many customers
REL:	holding off
Arg1-on:	purchase decisions
ArgM-TMP:	until the takeover was completed.

Predicate hold_out:

Roleset hold.09 Verbnet Class: NONE "wait":

Roles:

Arg1:wait-er (not waiter, that's the other sense)

Arg2:thing waited for

Argm-TMP:period of time waited through

Examples:

a better offer (-)
`UAL's board might hold out for a new bid much closer to the original levels.`
Arg1:	UAL's board
Argm-MOD:	might
REL:	hold out
Arg2-for:	a new bid much closer to the original levels.

Predicate hold_up:

Roleset hold.12 Verbnet Class: NONE "restrain":

Roles:

Arg0:restrainer

Arg1:thing being restrained

Arg2:thing being held back from

Examples:

Roleset hold.10 Verbnet Class: NONE "restrain, delay":

Roles:

Arg0:restrainer

Arg1:thing being restrained

Examples:

delay (-)
`Nothing was going trace to hold up the long-delayed settlement of Britton vs. Thomasini.`
Arg0:	trace=Nothing
REL:	hold up
Arg1:	the long-delayed settlement of Britton vs. Thomasini.

Roleset hold.11 Verbnet Class: NONE "persevere, last":

Roles:

Arg1:thing lasting

Examples:

long lasting (-)
`The company's price has held up well.`
Arg1:	The company's price
REL:	held up
Argm-MNR:	well

Hold up can also be in the attributive roleset: Hold the book up: up is now an attribute of book. Likewise hold down.