Predicate
pack:
Frames file for 'pack' based on sentences in wsj and automatic
expansion via verbnet.
Roleset pack.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "fill, load":
Roles:
Arg0:packer, agent
Arg1:beast of burden
Arg2:cargo
Examples:
person: ns
tense: present
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
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transitive with arg1 (-) |
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The league's promoters hope retirees and tourists will join
die-hard fans like Mr. de Castro and pack the stands to see the
seniors.
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| Arg0: | retirees and tourists |
| ArgM-MOD: | will |
| REL: | pack |
| Arg1: | the stands |
| ArgM-PNC: | to see the seniors |
person: ns
tense: past
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
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arg1 as PP (-) |
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The crowning moment in the career of Joseph F. O'Kicki came as 300
local and state dignitaries packed into his elegant,
marble-columned courtroom here last year for his swearing in as
President Judge of Cambria County.
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| Arg0: | 300 local and state dignitaries |
| REL: | packed |
| Arg1-into: | his elegant , marble-columned courtroom here |
| ArgM-TMP: | last year |
| ArgM-PNC: | for his swearing in as President Judge of
Cambria County |
person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: ns
form: infinitive
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transitive with arg2 (-) |
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One of the friends sweeps broken dishes and shattered glass from a
countertop and starts *trace* to pack what can be salvaged from
the kitchen.
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| Arg0: | *trace* -> One of the friends |
| REL: | pack |
| Arg2: | what can be salvaged from the kitchen |
person: ns
tense: past
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
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all args (-) |
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He returned home last Thursday, packed a bag with fresh clothes
and reported for duty Friday in Walnut Creek.
|
| Arg0: | He |
| REL: | packed |
| Arg1: | a bag |
| Arg2-with: | fresh clothes |
Roleset pack.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "send":
Roles:
Arg0:sender
Arg1:sent
Arg2:sent-to
Examples:
person: ns
tense: future
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
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odd: verb-noun idiom rendered as just verbal (-) |
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Then , if Myra does nothing about [*] fetching her , I 'll pack her right back to her mother -- if I have [*-1] to take her myself '' ! !
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| ArgM-TMP: | Then |
| ArgM-ADV: | if Myra does nothing about [*] fetching her |
| Arg0: | I |
| ArgM-MOD: | 'll |
| REL: | pack |
| Arg1: | her |
| ArgM-ADV: | right |
| ArgM-DIR: | back |
| Arg2-to: | to her mother |
| ArgM-ADV: | if I have [*-1] to take her myself |
Predicate
pack_up:
Roleset pack.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "fill up, load":
Roles:
Arg0:agent, packer
Arg1:cargo
Examples:
person: third
tense: present
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
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intransitive (-) |
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``This was an invisible, powerful force that's almost impossible
for a layman to contemplate,'' Mr. Warren says solemnly as the
ghostbusting entourage packs up to leave.
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| Arg0: | the ghostbusting entourage |
| REL: | [ packs] [ up] |
| ArgM-PNC: | to leave |
person: ns
tense: past
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
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with cargo (-) |
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He was awarded [*-1] a fellowship [*] to continue his studies in Tokyo and he packed up his clothes , the biwa upon which he had been practicing [*T*-2] and his image of Acala , and left [*] to spend a week at home before [*] leaving the country .
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| Arg0: | he |
| REL: | [ packed] [ up] |
| Arg1: | his clothes , the biwa upon which he had been practicing [*T*-2] and his image of Acala |
I can get a transitive with arg1 ("John packed up his bags and left")
but no reading with the arg2 (*"John packed up (his bags) with smoked
herring").