Frameset

Predicate sit:

Frames file for 'sit' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet classes assuming_position-50 put_spatial-9.2-1 spatial_configuration-47.6, other framed members include: bow, lie, rise, stand, open. Comparison with 'set'.

Roleset sit.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "be in a position":

Roles:

Arg1:thing sitting

Arg2-LOC:location or position

Examples:

explicit location (-)
``You've got two champions sitting right before you,'' said Mr. Baum.
Arg1:	two champions
REL:	sitting
Arg2-LOC:	right before you

manner instead of position (-)
Traders said most of their major institutional investors, on the other hand, sat tight.

Arg1: most of their major institutional investors

ArgM-DIS: on the other hand

REL: sat

ArgM-MNR: tight

manner instead of position (-)
`Traders said most of their major institutional investors, on the other hand, sat tight.`
Arg1:	most of their major institutional investors
ArgM-DIS:	on the other hand
REL:	sat
ArgM-MNR:	tight

This roleset can get very metaphorical

Predicate sit_down:

Special case of "sit" above.

Roleset sit.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "assume a seated position":

Roles:

Arg1:sitter

Examples:

and shut up (-)
`Doug Hammond, the federal mediator in Seattle, where Boeing is based, said the parties will continue trace to sit down daily until a new settlement proposal emerges or the talks break off again.`
Arg1:	trace -> the parties
REL:	[sit] [down]
ArgM-TMP:	daily
ArgM-TMP:	until a new settlement proposal emerges or the talks break off again

Predicate sit_up:

Special case of "sit" above.

Roleset sit.03 Verbnet Class: 1 "assume an upright seated position":

Roles:

Arg1:sitter

Examples:

wakey wakey (-)
...the influence of the appeals court in New York ``will make insurers sit up and listen.''
Argm-MOD:	will
Arg1:	insurers
REL:	[ sit] [ up]