Frameset

Frames file for 'seek' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus and comparison with 'try' and 'want'

Predicate seek:

Roleset seek.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "look for":

Roles:

Arg0:Agent / entity seeking

Arg1:thing sought, attempted action

Arg2:sought-from

Examples:

transitive (-)
`Northeast is seeking approval of its possible purchase of PS of New Hampshire.`
Arg0:	Northeast
REL:	seeking
Arg1:	approval of its possible purchase of PS of New Hampshire

arg1 as action (-)
A company is seeking *trace* to purchase a carrier.

Arg0: A company

REL: seeking

Arg1: *trace* to purchase a carrier

arg1 as action (-)
`A company is seeking trace to purchase a carrier.`
Arg0:	A company
REL:	seeking
Arg1:	trace to purchase a carrier

with sought-from (-)
Czechoslovakia is seeking $2 billion from Hungary.

Arg0: Czechoslovakia

REL: seeking

Arg1: $2 billion

Arg2-from: from Hungary

with sought-from (-)
`Czechoslovakia is seeking $2 billion from Hungary.`
Arg0:	Czechoslovakia
REL:	seeking
Arg1:	$2 billion
Arg2-from:	from Hungary

Predicate seek_out:

Roleset seek.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "search diligently for":

Roles:

Arg0:Agent / entity seeking

Arg1:thing sought

Arg2:sought-from

Examples:

transitive (-)
`Country funds seek out individual companies.`
Arg0:	Company funds
REL:	seek out
Arg1:	individual companies