Frameset

Predicate prime:

Frames file for 'prime' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.

Roleset prime.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "make ready":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, primer

Arg1:thing made ready

Arg2:ready for what?

Examples:

past

active

full

adjectival (-)
`Rep. Gonzalez seems primed [*-1] to lash out at Mr. Wall when hearings resume Thursday with testimony by two federal regulators from San Francisco, William Black and Mike Patriarca.`
Arg1:	Rep. Gonzalez
REL:	primed
ArgM-PNC:	[*-1] to lash out at Mr. Wall when hearings resume Thursday with testimony by two federal regulators from San Francisco , William Black and Mike Patriarca

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

[*-2] Perhaps primed [*-3] by the daily diet of radio and TV reporters thrusting microphones into people's faces and asking how they ``feel'' about one calamity or another, fellow reporters and civilians who spied my press credential were eager to chat.

REL: primed

Arg0: [*-3] -> [*-2] -> fellow reporters and civilians who spied my press credential

Arg0-by: the daily diet of radio and TV reporters thrusting microphones into people's faces and asking how they ``feel'' about one calamity or another

verbal (-)
[-2] Perhaps primed [-3] by the daily diet of radio and TV reporters thrusting microphones into people's faces and asking how they ``feel'' about one calamity or another, fellow reporters and civilians who spied my press credential were eager to chat.
REL:	primed
Arg0:	[-3] -> [-2] -> fellow reporters and civilians who spied my press credential
Arg0-by:	the daily diet of radio and TV reporters thrusting microphones into people's faces and asking how they ``feel'' about one calamity or another

Adjectival and verbal senses actually aren't very closely related. Hmm.