Predicate: distort

Roleset id: distort.01 , alter badly, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

distort.01: DISTORT-V NOTES: Maybe an instrumental arg? (from distort.01-v) DISTORTION-N NOTES: distort.01 (from distortion.01-n) DISTORTED-J NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from distorted.01-j)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
distort (v.)
distortion (n.)
distorted (j.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: alterer, agent (vnrole: 26.5-agent)
        Arg1-VSP: thing distorted (vnrole: 26.5-material)

Example: passive

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

        Instead, a spokesman blames the dismal third-quarter showing on ``an environment that *trace*-1 is being distorted *trace*-1 by a very harsh climate for sales of durable goods,'' which account for roughly two-thirds of Sears's annual merchandise volume.

        Rel: distorted
        Arg1: *trace*
        Argm-rcl: that -> an environment
        Arg0: by a very harsh climate for sales of durable goods, ''which account for roughly two-thirds of Sears's annual merchandise volume

Example: active

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

        The media, she says, have distorted his personal life.

        Arg0: The media
        Rel: distorted
        Arg1: his personal life

Example: adjective usage, with CXN

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

        What-2 *T*-2 is so distorted ICH-1 in their fundamental makeup [that they can see this desecration of science and ignore it]-1 ?

        Arg1: *T*-2
        Argm-cxn: [so],[ICH-1]
        Rel: distorted
        Argm-loc: in their fundamental makeup