Predicate: choke
Roleset id: choke.01 , to have or cause to have difficulty in breathing, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
choke.01: CHOKE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'choke' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from choke.01-v predicate notes) CHOKING-N NOTES: choke.01 (from choking.01-n)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| choking (n.) | | |
| choke (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: causer of choking, agent (vnrole: 40.7-agent)
Arg1-PPT: entity choked (vnrole: 40.7-theme)
Arg2-PPT: thing choked on
Example: non-agentive
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: participle
They also chart the evolution of a city that has grown tenfold in the author's lifetime, from a colonial outpost of fez-wearing pashas to a Third World slum choking on its own refuse.
Arg1: a Third World slum
Rel: choking
Arg2: on its own refuse
Example: agentive
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Why, he used to lay in wait for Cap; suddenly he'd leap from behind some statue of Marshall onto Cap's chest and grab him by the throat and choke him till he coughed up an additional $2 billion or so.
Argm-tmp: suddenly
Arg0: he
Argm-mod: 'd
Rel: choke
Arg1: him
Argm-tmp: till he coughed up an additional $2 billion or so
Example: With agent
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Her choking Robbie got her expelled.
Arg0: Her
Rel: choking
Arg1: Robbie
Example: Unintentional
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
His choking on a chicken bone necessitated someone perform the Heimlich maneuver on Heinrich.
Arg1: His
Rel: choking
Arg2: on a chicken bone
Roleset id: choke.02 , to fill up completely, jam, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
choke.02: CHOKE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'choke' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from choke.02-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| choke (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: causer of filling, agent (vnrole: 9.8-agent)
Arg1-GOL: entity choked (vnrole: 9.8-destination)
Example: transitive
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
This is no place for pedestrians, but at 7:30 on a recent morning, when construction choked traffic at the famous Four Corners intersection to one lane [*T*-1], a taxi passenger found it faster to abandon the cab and walk to her destination.
Arg0: construction
Rel: choked
Arg1: traffic at the famous Four Corners intersection
Argm-prd: to one lane
Argm-tmp: at 7:30 on a recent morning
Predicate: choke_off
Roleset id: choke_off.03 , to bring to an end, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
choke_off.03: CHOKE_OFF-V NOTES: (from choke.03-v)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| choke_off (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: causer of end, agent
Arg1-PPT: entity choked off
Example: transitive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive
Fending off attacks on his economic policies in a House of Commons debate yesterday, Mr. Lawson said inflation ``remains the greatest threat to our economic well-being'' and promised to take ``whatever steps are needed'' [*] to choke it off.
Arg0: [*]
Rel: [ choke] [ off]
Arg1: it
Predicate: choke_up
Roleset id: choke_up.04 , overcome with emotion, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
choke_up.04: CHOKE_UP-V NOTES: (from choke.04-v)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| choke_up (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: emotion
Arg1-PPT: experiencer
Example: adjectival
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
Asked to say a few words, he pulls out his crumpled piece of paper and tries to talk, but he's too choked up [0] [*T*-4]to get the words out.
Arg1: he
Argm-ext: too
Rel: choked up