Frameset

Predicate mark:

Frames file for 'mark' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entry image_impression-25.1, other framed members include sign. Comparison with 'notch' and 'draw'.

Roleset mark.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "signify":

Roles:

Arg0:signifier

Arg1:signified

Examples:

transitive (-)
`Gulf Power's guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Robert L. Vining yesterday marks the end of only one part of a wide-ranging inquiry of Southern Co.`
Arg0:	Gulf Power's guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Robert L. Vining
ArgM-TMP:	yesterday
REL:	marks
Arg1:	the end of only one part of a wide-ranging inquiry of Southern Co

Roleset mark.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "make a mark":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, marker

Arg1:mark

Arg2:surface, marked-on

Arg3:instrument, marker

Examples:

all args (-)
`John marked his name on the contract with a purple crayon.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	marked
Arg1:	his name
Arg2-on:	the contract
Arg3-with:	a purple crayon

maybe a better example (-)
Like many male cats, John marked his territory.

Argm-ADV: Like many male cats

Arg0: John

REL: marked

Arg1: his territory

maybe a better example (-)
`Like many male cats, John marked his territory.`
Argm-ADV:	Like many male cats
Arg0:	John
REL:	marked
Arg1:	his territory

I'll leave the arg3 to your imagination.

Predicate mark_up:

Roleset mark.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "annotate":

Roles:

Arg0:annotator

Arg1:document

Arg2:annotation

Examples:

PAS! (-)
`Our hard-working team of annotators is marking up the Wall Street Journal with semantic roles.`
Arg0:	Our hard-working team of annotators
REL:	marking up
Arg1:	the Wall Street Journal>
Arg2-with:	semantic roles

Roleset mark.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "raise the price":

Roles:

Arg0:entity setting price

Arg1:commodity

Examples:

transitive (-)
``On occasion, he paid a high price,'' Mr. Wachter concedes, but he says those who bid less and dropped out were dealers who would then have marked up the paintings to resell them at a profit to collectors.
Arg0:	trace -> who -> dealers
ArgM-MOD:	would
ArgM-TMP:	then
REL:	[ marked] [ up]
Arg1:	the paintings
ArgM-PNC:	to resell them at a profit to collectors

Might need other args for "amount price changed by" or "final price" or "original price" depending on what examples appear. If you find such an example, send it to me.

Predicate mark_down:

Roleset mark.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "lower the price":

Roles:

Arg0:entity setting price

Arg1:commodity

Examples:

See "mark up" above.