Predicate
thrash:
Frames file for 'thrash' based on sentences in wsj and automatic
expansion via verbnet.
Roleset thrash.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "beat up thoroughly":
Roles:
Arg0:agent, hitter - animate only!
Arg1:thing hit
Arg2:instrument, thing hit by or with
Examples:
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just transitive (-) |
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person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: ns
form: infinitive
Even more important, in our view, was the Treasury's threat
*trace* to thrash the dollar.
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| Arg0: | *trace* -> the Treasury's |
| REL: | thrash |
| Arg1: | the dollar |
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agentive subject (-) |
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Mary thrashed John with a series of stale marshmallows.
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| Arg0: | Mary |
| REL: | thrashed |
| Arg1: | John |
| Arg2-with: | a series of stale marshmallows |
Roleset thrash.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "move violently and randomly":
Roles:
Examples:
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thrash around (-) |
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person: ns
tense: present
aspect: progressive
voice: active
form: full
``They're thrashing around for diversification,'' he says.
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| Arg1: | They |
| REL: | thrashing |
| ArgM: | around |
| ArgM-PNC: | for diversification |
This seems semi-phrasal, but the particle changes (around, about, etc).
Predicate
thrash_out:
Roleset thrash.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "work out, arrange":
Roles:
Arg0:arranger
Arg1:scheme
Arg2:collaborator
Examples:
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just transitive (-) |
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person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: ns
form: infinitive
So far, neither the Bush administration nor arms-control experts
in Congress seem moved by arguments that these problems may take
more time *trace* *trace* to thrash *trace* out than President
Bush has allowed.
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| Arg0: | *trace* |
| REL: | [ thrash] [ out] |
| Arg1: | *trace* -> *trace* -> these problems |