Predicate: buzz

Roleset id: buzz.01 , to make a buzzing sound, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

buzz.01: BUZZ-V NOTES: Frames file for 'buzz' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from buzz.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
buzz (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-LOC: entity buzzing (vnrole: 43.2-agent, 38-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing buzzing about (vnrole: 43.2-theme, 38-theme)

Example: intransitive

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        For those hoping [*] to see a modicum of political normalcy restored -- in view of Greece 's eight-year misadventure under autocratic pseudosocialism and subsequent three-month hitch with a conservative-communist coalition government -- there is but one bright sign : The scandals still encircling former Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou and his fallen socialist government are like flies buzzing around a rotting carcass .

        Arg0: flies
        Rel: buzzing
        Argm-loc: around a rotting carcass

Example: buzz about

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: infinitive

        [Conference attendees]*-1 are expected [*-1]to be buzzing about the workings of the recently formed Resolution Trust Corp. , a federal agency charged [*] with [*] disposing of an estimated $ 200 billion [*U*] of real estate dumped [*] in government hands by insolvent savings and loans .

        Arg0: [*-1]
        Rel: buzzing
        Arg1: about the workings of the recently formed Resolution Trust Corp. , a federal agency charged [*] with [*]disposing of an estimated $ 200 billion [*U*] of real estate dumped [*] in government hands by insolvent savings and loans

Roleset id: buzz.02 , to be filled with, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

buzz.02: BUZZ-V NOTES: Corresponds to VN class bulge-47.5.3. (from buzz.02-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
buzz (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-LOC: entity buzzing (vnrole: 47.5.3-location)
        Arg1-PPT: entity buzzing with (vnrole: 47.5.3-theme)

Example: buzz with

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        The advertising industry is buzzing with rumors that Kentucky Fried Chicken willdrop Young& Rubicam and seek a new ad agency .

        Arg0: The advertising industry
        Rel: buzzing
        Arg1: with rumors that Kentucky Fried Chicken will drop Young& Rubicam and seek a new ad agency

Roleset id: buzz.04 , visit briefly but noisily, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

buzz.04: BUZZ-V NOTES: Frames file for 'buzz' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from buzz.04-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
buzz (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: visitor
        Arg1-PPT: destination

Example: whirlwind tour

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        The chief economist of Merrill Lynch& Co. finds himself in such a position as he buzzes the Midwest on his first road trip since backpedaling on a major prediction.

        Arg0: he
        Rel: buzzes
        Arg1: the Midwest
        Argm-loc: on his first road trip since backpedaling on a major prediction


Predicate: buzz_off

Roleset id: buzz_off.03 , buzz off: to go away, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

buzz_off.03: BUZZ_OFF-V NOTES: (from buzz.03-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
buzz_off (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: entity leaving

Example: intransitive

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        Even if a grower beats them back , his $ 2,000 [*U*] rented bees might buzz off to the neighbors ' orchards instead of pollinating his , Mr. Broderick says [0][*T*-1] .

        Arg0: his $ 2,000 [*U*] rented bees
        Argm-mod: might
        Rel: [ buzz] [ off]
        Argm-dir: to the neighbors ' orchards