Predicate
sew:
Frames file for 'sew' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entries
9.7-1, 26.1, 22.3-2; Framenet entry Attaching.
Roleset sew.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "attach with thread":
Roles:
Arg0:agent, entity causing two objects to be attached
Arg1:patient, thing(s) being sewn
Arg2:instrument, thread
Arg3:attribute of arg1
Examples:
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all args (-) |
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person: ns
tense: past
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
John sewed Mary's mouth shut with baling wire.
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| Arg0: | John |
| REL: | sewed |
| Arg1: | Mary's mouth |
| Arg3: | shut |
| Arg2-with: | baling wire |
Roleset sew.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "create clothes by sewing":
Roles:
Arg0:builder
Arg1:construction
Arg2:material, start state
Arg4:end state
Examples:
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lacking end state (-) |
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person: ns
tense: past
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
John sewed a lovely formal gown out of burlap sacks.
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| Arg0: | John |
| REL: | sewed |
| Arg1: | a lovely formal gown |
| Arg2-out: | of burlap sacks |
Unlike 'build' (the prototype of the class), 'sew' doesn't seem to
take an explicit end state, subsuming it instead into the construction
itself. Interesting.
Predicate
sew_up:
Roleset sew.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "make secure":
Roles:
Examples:
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automatically generated (-) |
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person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: infinitive
`` They do n't want Japan to monopolize the region and sew it up , '' says Chong-sik Lee , professor of East Asian politics at the University of Pennsylvania .
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| Arg0: | Japan |
| REL: | [ sew] [ up] |
| Arg1: | it |
All that work framing for one lousy example.