Predicate: die

Roleset id: die.01 , sterben, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

die.01: DIE-V NOTES: 'sterben' is German for 'to die'. Member of VNcls dissappearance-48.2. (from die.01-v)
       
        DEATH-N NOTES: Based on sentences in noun-9998. Comparison to die.01-v. VN class disapearance-48.2. FN class death. Framed by Katie. (from death.01-n)
       
        DIE-N NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from die.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
die (v.)Death
death (n.)death
die (n.)
dying (n.)

Roles:

        Arg 2 for the noun seems very unlikely. An example of this for the verb 'die' is "the case died a quiet death" where 'a quiet death' is the cognate object. (from death.01-n)
        Arg1-PPT: the deceased (vnrole: 48.2-patient)
        Arg2-PRD: cognate object

Example: die, croak, kick the bucket

        ...when he died in April.

        Arg1: he
        Rel: died
        Argm-tmp: in April

Example: with cognate object

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

        The letter, along with a detailed prosecution memo, sat on the desks of Justice officials for months before the case died a quiet death.

        Arg1: the case
        Rel: died
        Arg2: a quiet death

Example: arg 1 only

        the death of innocents

        Rel: death
        Arg1: of innocents

Example: with arg 1

        the death of a country 's leader

        Rel: death
        Arg1: of a country 's leader

Example: likely arg m

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

        the anthrax deaths

        Argm-cau: anthrax
        Rel: deaths

Roleset id: die.05 , semi modal: wanting to, really bad, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

die.05: DIE-V NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT. (from die.05-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
die (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: entity who really wants to
        Arg1-PRD: action wanted (dying to what)

Example: both args (sort of)

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

        An IED ambush has none of those risks . Only one man needs to be on the spot - the triggerman . He detonates the IED from a car parked down a side street and drives away before the occupiers can even start their search . No risk . No casualties . Very demoralizing for the occupiers , especially since they know damn well that everybody in the neighborhood was in on the attack but they ca n't level the locals ' shacks like they 're dying to .

        Arg0: they're
        Rel: dying
        Arg1: to

Example: worth dying for?

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

        She was just dying to have her picture with the woodpeckers at Universal Studios!

        Arg0: she
        Argm-adv: just
        Rel: dying
        Arg1: to have her picture with the woodpeckers at Universal Studios


Predicate: die_down

Roleset id: die_down.02 , subside, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

die_down.02: DIE_DOWN-V NOTES: No VNcls. (from die.02-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
die_down (v.)

Roles:

        Arg1-PPT: thing subsiding

Example:

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

        And as the applause dies down in showrooms along Seventh Avenue and Broadway, stylishly clad Campeau buyers will begin writing orders.

        Arg1: the applause
        Rel: [dies][down]
        Argm-loc: in showrooms along Seventh Avenue and Broadway


Predicate: die_out

Roleset id: die_out.03 , go extinct, terminate completely, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

die_out.03: DIE_OUT-V NOTES: Added by Julia based on ULA. No VNcls. (from die.03-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
die_out (v.)

Roles:

        Arg1-PPT: dying thing

Example: ULA example

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

        Although Yiddish-1 has been in danger of *PRO*-1 dying out for hundreds of years , the language is spoken today by millions of people throughout the world

        Arg1: *PRO*-1
        Rel: [dying] [out]


Predicate: die_off

Roleset id: die_off.04 , become dead (as a group), bit by bit, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

die_off.04: DIE_OFF-V NOTES: Added by Julia based on ULA. No VNcls. (from die.04-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
die_off (v.)

Roles:

        Arg1-PPT: dying thing

Example: ULA example

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

        There are many other , lesser factors at work , but taken together , all tend toward standardization , especially as the older speakers die off .

        Arg1: the older speakers
        Rel: [die] [off]