Predicate: close

Roleset id: close.01 , shut, closure of an entity, not open, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

close.01: CLOSE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'close' based on first 50 or so sentences from big corpus (from close.01-v predicate notes) CLOSE-N NOTES: Roleset based on verb entry close.01, OntoNotes sense grouping close.04: the act of shutting something; maps to VN entries other_cos 45.4 and crane-40.3.2. Framed by Claire. (from close.01-n) CLOSED-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on SMS. (from closed.01-j) CLOSING-N NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from closing.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
close (v.)
close (n.)
closed (j.)
closing (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: person doing the closing (vnrole: 40.3.2-agent, 45.4-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing closing (vnrole: 40.3.2-patient, 45.4-patient)
        Arg2-GOL: anti-beneficiary

Example: transitive agentive

        Investors-1 want *trace*-1 to close its doors for good.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: to close
        Arg1: its doors
        Argm-mnr: for good

Example: ergative, sorta adjectival

        Paris, Brussels, and Milan were closed for a holiday.

        Arg1: Paris, Brussels, and Milan
        Rel: were closed
        Argm-pnc: for a holiday

Example: with 'beneficiary'

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: perfect,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        Now [the wildlife refuge]-1 has been closed [*-1]to the industry, possibly for years.

        Argm-tmp: Now
        Rel: closed
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Arg2: to the industry
        Argm-tmp: possibly for years

Example: restaurant closure

        From January 2008 until the restaurant's close in July 2009, T.J.'s operated as a collective.

        Arg1: the restaurant's
        Rel: close
        Argm-tmp: in July 2009

Example: Shop closing

        All dresses must be picked up 30 minutes prior to the close of the shop each day.

        Rel: close
        Arg1: of the shop
        Argm-tmp: each day

Roleset id: close.02 , terminate, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

close.02: CLOSE-V NOTES: in this corpus, primarily of stocks (from close.02-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
close (v.)

Roles:

        Arg1-PPT: thing closing
        Argm-MNR: MNR- up, down, or unchanged
        Argm-EXT: EXT- end point

Example: with EXT

        Cray Research closed yesterday at $38 in NYSE composite trading.

        Arg1: Cray Research
        Rel: closed
        Argm-tmp: yesterday
        Argm-ext: at $38
        Argm-loc: in NYSE composite tradeing.

Example: and again

        The FTSE index closed 17.5 points higher at 2160.1

        Arg1: The FTSE index
        Rel: closed
        Argm-mnr: 17.5 points higher
        Argm-ext: at 2160.1

Roleset id: close.03 , come about, come to completion (as of deals), Source: , vncls: , framnet:

close.03: CLOSE-V NOTES: Beware of adjectival usages: We need to keep closer track of blue books. Warner Communications Inc is close to an agreement with Bugs Bunny. (from close.03-v) CLOSING-N NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from closing.03-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
close (v.)
closing (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: entity making the deal (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: the deal (vnrole: 45.4-patient)

Example: ergative

        Sony's acquisition of Guber/Peters Entertainment closed Monday.

        Arg1: Son's acquisition of Guber/Peters Entertainment
        Rel: closed
        Argm-tmp: Monday

Example: transitive/agentive

        Armstrong will close the sale of the color unit in late November.

        Arg0: Armstrong
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: close
        Arg1: the sale of the color unit
        Argm-tmp: in late November

Roleset id: close.06 , become nearer, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

close.06: CLOSE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'close' based on first 50 or so sentences from big corpus (from close.06-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
close (v.)

Roles:

        Arg1-PPT: entity in motion
        Arg2-GOL: target

Example: here they come!

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

        Another guy who thinks they're out there and closing fast is Whitley Strieber, whose new novel, ``Majestic'' (Putnam, 317 pages, $18.95), takes a look at a reported 1947 UFO crash near the Roswell Army Air Field in a New Mexico desert.

        Arg1: they
        Rel: closing
        Argm-mnr: fast

Roleset id: close.10 , spatially close, of concrete or abstract things, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

close.10: CLOSE-J NOTES: Roleset based on AMR instances. Closely related to verb-close.06, but different Aktionsart. More than just causation. (from close.01-j) CLOSER-J NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from closer.01-j)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
closer (j.)
close (j.)

Roles:

        Arg1-PPT: entity located near something, close thing
        Arg2-LOC: location, close to what?

Example: args 1 and 2

        He is close to getting the answer.

        Rel: close
        Arg1: He
        Arg2: to getting the answer

Example: Tight

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

        These quarters are close!

        Arg1: These quarters
        Rel: close

Example: Physical, spatial

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

        Hellems is close to the UMC.

        Arg1: Hellems
        Rel: close
        Arg2: to the UMC

Roleset id: close.11 , similar, a near approximation,, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

close.11: CLOSE-J NOTES: Roleset based on instances in BOLT P01, parts 2,3. Framed by Claire. (from close.02-j)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
close (j.)

Roles:

        Arg1-PPT: copy, thing that is similar
        Arg2-PPT: original, what arg1 is similar-to

Example: All args

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

        A politically biased press operating outside the law must be pretty close to treason .

        Arg1: A politically biased press operating outside the law
        Argm-mod: must
        Argm-ext: pretty
        Rel: close
        Arg2: to treason

Example: Not even close!

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

        You might find it is n't even close to what you desperately want to think it is .

        Arg1: it
        Argm-neg: n't
        Argm-adv: even
        Arg2: to what you desperately want to think it is
        Rel: close

Roleset id: close.12 , evenly matched, difficult to decide, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

close.12: CLOSE-J NOTES: Roleset based on instances in BOLT P01, parts 2,3. Framed by Claire. (from close.03-j)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
close (j.)Clarity_of_resolution

Roles:

        Arg1-PPT: case, vote, decision

Example: Vote

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

        The vote was close in Seattle, but it received 60% approval in Seattle's northern and eastern suburbs.

        Arg1: The vote
        Rel: close
        Argm-loc: in Seattle

Example:

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

        Even though it was predicted to happen , I still did n't expect MI to be that close given that Romney grew up there and MI seems like a more moderate state to me .

        Arg1: MI
        Argm-ext: that
        Rel: close
        Argm-cau: given that Romney grew up there and MI seems like a more moderate state to me .

Roleset id: close.13 , affectionate, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

close.13: CLOSE-J NOTES: Roleset based on instances in BOLT P01, parts 2,3. Framed by Claire. (from close.04-j)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
close (j.)Social_connection

Roles:

        Arg1-PAG: affectionate entity/ies
        Arg2-COM: affectionate with whom?

Example: Arg 1, close entities in one plural mention

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

        If their contact has been on and off over the years and they 're not that close anyway then I would put my foot down , it is your special day and he should appreciate that his ex being there makes you uncomfortable ....

        Arg1: they
        Argm-neg: not
        Argm-ext: that
        Rel: close
        Argm-adv: anyway

Example: All args

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

        She is close with her younger biological sister, Silvia, although they sometimes develop natural sibling rivalries.

        Arg1: She
        Rel: close
        Arg2: with her younger biological sister, Silvia
        Argm-adv: although they sometimes develop natural sibling rivalries.


Predicate: close_down

Roleset id: close_down.04 , close down: terminate, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

close_down.04: CLOSE_DOWN-V NOTES: Much the same as the "shut" roleset id="close.05" above.Watch out for "stocks closed down 15% yesterday" (from close.04-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
close_down (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: person doing the closing
        Arg1-PPT: thing closing

Example: ARG0 and ARG1

        Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak closed down the two - year - old airport in response to the incident .

        Arg0: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak
        Rel: [down][closed]
        Arg1: the two - year - old airport
        Argm-cau: in response to the incident


Predicate: close_off

Roleset id: close_off.05 , close off: shut, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

close_off.05: CLOSE_OFF-V NOTES: (from close.05-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
close_off (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: person doing the closing
        Arg1-PPT: thing closing
        Arg2-GOL: anti-beneficiary

Example: spam spam spam, glorious spam

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

        ``Why anyone-2 would want [*-2] to close themselves off (from direct mail), a priori, doesn't make any sense,'' says Michael Bronner of Bronner Slosberg Associates, a Boston directmail firm.

        Arg0: [*-2]
        Rel: close off
        Arg1-rec: themselves
        Arg2: from direct mail


Predicate: close_in

Roleset id: close_in.07 , close in: become nearer, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

close_in.07: CLOSE_IN-V NOTES: (from close.07-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
close_in (v.)

Roles:

        Arg1-PPT: entity in motion
        Arg2-GOL: target

Example: all args

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

        But yesterday, as Atlantis rumbled into a patch of clear sky above Florida with storm clouds closing in on it, NASA sought to turn Galileo into a symbol of triumph.

        Arg1: storm clouds
        Rel: closing in
        Arg2: on it


Predicate: close_over

Roleset id: close_over.08 , seal from the top, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

close_over.08: CLOSE_OVER-V NOTES: Added by Julia based on Brown corpus. Comparison to seal. No Vncls (from close.08-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
close_over (v.)

Roles:

        Note that in this usage, 'over' can not be construed as the head of a PP, because that PP would end up being a location, and in this case, what would follow 'over' is the thing being sealed. (from close.08-v)
        Arg0-PAG: agent
        Arg1-PPT: thing becoming sealed

Example: clumsy tourists

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

        They closed over the mound excavation to keep tourists from falling in.

        Arg0: They
        Rel: closed over
        Arg1: the mound excavation
        Argm-prp: to keep tourists from falling in.

Example: arg1 as subject

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: perfect,  voice: ns,  form: participle

        They had closed over , absolutely , with the sealing of old Izaak 's grave .

        Arg1: They
        Rel: closed over
        Argm-ext: absolutely
        Argm-adv: with the sealing of old Izaak's grave


Predicate: close_up

Roleset id: close_up.09 , close_up: shut completely, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

close_up.09: CLOSE_UP-V NOTES: (from close.09-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
close_up (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: closer
        Arg1-PPT: place/thing being closed up

Example: ergative

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

        Their merchandise was never really that good and the store is closing up very soon , but still , I 'm never going to get over that poor old copy of Windows sitting alone , priced where no one would buy it .

        Arg1: the store
        Rel: [closing] [up]
        Argm-tmp: very soon