Frameset

Predicate sweep:

Frames file for 'sweep' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entries 51.3.2, 47.7, 10.4.1, 47.2, 9.3, many other framed members. No Framenet entry. Comparison with 'move' and 'wipe'. God what a mess.

Roleset sweep.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "wipe, clean by sweeping":

Roles:

Arg0:agent

Arg1:thing being cleaned (ie dirt)

Arg2:source (ie floor) or destination

Arg3:instrument (ie, broom)

Examples:

third

present

active

full

more or less canonical (-)
`One of the friends sweeps broken dishes and shattered glass from a countertop and starts to pack what can be salvaged from the kitchen.`
Arg0:	One of the friends
REL:	sweeps
Arg1:	broken dishes and shattered glass
Arg2-from:	a countertop

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full
arg2 as destination (-)

``We could sweep it under the rug and hide it, but I'm not going to do it,'' he said in a speech last month.

Arg0: We

REL: sweep

Arg1: it

Arg2-under: the rug

arg2 as destination (-)
``We could sweep it under the rug and hide it, but I'm not going to do it,'' he said in a speech last month.
Arg0:	We
REL:	sweep
Arg1:	it
Arg2-under:	the rug

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle
sweep away (-)

Despite all these innovations, most of the diamonds are still found in the sand swept *trace* away by the men wielding shovels and brushes -- the ignominiously named ``bedrock sweepers'' who toil in the wake of the excavators.

REL: swept

Arg1: *trace* -> the sand

ArgM-DIR: away

Arg0-EXT: the men wielding shovels and brushes -- the ignominiously named ``bedrock sweepers'' who toil in the wake of the excavators

sweep away (-)
Despite all these innovations, most of the diamonds are still found in the sand swept trace away by the men wielding shovels and brushes -- the ignominiously named ``bedrock sweepers'' who toil in the wake of the excavators.
REL:	swept
Arg1:	trace -> the sand
ArgM-DIR:	away
Arg0-EXT:	the men wielding shovels and brushes -- the ignominiously named ``bedrock sweepers'' who toil in the wake of the excavators

Maybe source and destination should be separated, but I'd rather not.

Roleset sweep.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "(cause to) move in a sweeping manner":

Roles:

Arg0:cause of motion

Arg1:thing in motion

Arg2:location

Arg3:destination

Examples:

progressive

active

participle

arg2 nominal (-)
`It's the latest investment craze sweeping Wall Street: a rash of new closed-end country funds, those publicly traded portfolios that invest in stocks of a single foreign country.`
Arg1:	the latest investment craze
REL:	sweeping
Arg2:	Wall Street

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
arg2 prepositional (-)

There are, of course, analysts who view the near-panic that *trace* briefly swept through investors on Oct. 13 and again on Oct. 24 as momentary lapses of good judgment that have only temporarily undermined a healthy stock market.

Arg1: *trace* -> that -> the near-panic

REL: swept

Arg2-through: investors

ArgM-TMP: on Oct. 13 and again on Oct. 24

arg2 prepositional (-)
`There are, of course, analysts who view the near-panic that trace briefly swept through investors on Oct. 13 and again on Oct. 24 as momentary lapses of good judgment that have only temporarily undermined a healthy stock market.`
Arg1:	trace -> that -> the near-panic
REL:	swept
Arg2-through:	investors
ArgM-TMP:	on Oct. 13 and again on Oct. 24

I regard these two syntactic realizations as completely equivalent. person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
with destination (-)

John swept into the room wearing a long formal gown.

Arg1: John

REL: swept

Arg3-into: the room

with destination (-)
`John swept into the room wearing a long formal gown.`
Arg1:	John
REL:	swept
Arg3-into:	the room

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full
with cause (-)

`` [*] Take a gigantic knife and sweep it over the Loop '' , Wright said [*T*-1] .

Arg0: [*]

REL: sweep

Arg1: it

Arg2-over: the Loop

with cause (-)
`` [] Take a gigantic knife and sweep it over the Loop '' , Wright said [T*-1] .
Arg0:	[*]
REL:	sweep
Arg1:	it
Arg2-over:	the Loop

Predicate sweep_up:

Roleset sweep.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "sweep up: embrace as":

Roles:

Arg0:embracer, sweeper

Arg1:thing embraced, swept up

Arg2:attribute on arg1

Examples:

present

perfect

active

participle

I personally could not say this (-)
`Enthusiastically , Americans have swept subliterary and bogus materials like Paul Bunyan tales , Abe Lincoln anecdotes and labor union songs up as true products of our American oral tradition .`
ArgM-MNR:	Enthusiastically
Arg0:	Americans
REL:	[ swept] [ up]
Arg1:	subliterary and bogus materials like Paul Bunyan tales , Abe Lincoln anecdotes and labor union songs
Arg2-as:	true products of our American oral tradition

Roleset sweep.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "sweep up: clean by sweeping":

Roles:

Arg0:agent

Arg1:thing being cleaned (ie dirt)

Arg2:source (ie floor) or destination

Arg3:instrument (ie, broom)

Examples:

active

infinitive

just transitive (-)
`Grosse quietly got a broom and started [*-1] to sweep up the sugar .`
Arg0:	[*-1] -> Grosse
REL:	[ sweep] [ up]
Arg1:	the sugar

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: infinitive
metaphorical, and destination (-)

The lower-level hypotheses are never ' ad hoc ' , never introduced [*] ex post facto [*] just to sweep up within the theory some recalcitrant datum .

Arg0: [*]

ArgM-ADV: just

REL: [ sweep] [ up]

Arg2-within: the theory

Arg1: some recalcitrant datum

metaphorical, and destination (-)
`The lower-level hypotheses are never ' ad hoc ' , never introduced [] ex post facto [] just to sweep up within the theory some recalcitrant datum .`
Arg0:	[*]
ArgM-ADV:	just
REL:	[ sweep] [ up]
Arg2-within:	the theory
Arg1:	some recalcitrant datum