Predicate: beckon
Roleset id: beckon.01 , summon, entice nearer, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
beckon.01: BECKON-V NOTES: Frames file for 'beckon' based on sentences in brown. (from beckon.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
beckon (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: summoner (vnrole: 40.3.1-1-Agent)
Arg1-PPT: summoned, distant entity (vnrole: 40.3.1-1-Patient)
Example: intransitive
person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The great world beyond beckons.
Arg0: The great world beyond
Rel: beckons
Example: prepositional
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
With a lordly and generous gesture, the discoverer stood up and beckoned to the closest of his fellows.
Argm-MNR: With a lordly and generous gesture
Arg0: the discoverer
Rel: beckoned
Arg1: to the closest of his fellows
Example: direct object
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Now you go outside and beckon me when it's safe''.
Arg0: you
Rel: beckon
Arg1: me
Argm-TMP: when it's safe
Example: ARG0
If you ask the shopkeepers in the main streets or back alleys , they will tell you that the favorite figure of the moment is the Maneki Neko , or Japanese " beckoning cat , " whose Chinese name is literally " wealth - attracting cat " -LRB- -LRB-c-RRB-?Ìö]o? -RRB- .
Rel: beckoning
Arg0: cat