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:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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