Frameset - drop

Predicate: drop

Roleset id: drop.01 , go down, cause to fall, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

drop.01: DROP_V NOTES: Frames file for 'drop' based on survey of initial sentences from big corpus and comparison with 'fall'. VN updated by Julia. Member of Vncls calibratable_cos-45.6, meander-47.7, put_direction-9.4, roll-51.3.1. (from the former drop-v.01) DROP-N NOTES: Added by Julia. Member of Vncls calibratable_cos-45.6, meander-47.7, put_direction-9.4, roll-51.3.1. (from the former drop-n.01) DROPPING-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on drop.01. Corresponds to VNcls calibratable_cos-45.6-1, meander-47.7, put_direction-9.4, roll-51.3.1. (from the former dropping-n.01)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
drop (v.)	Change_position_on_a_scale , Path_shape , Change_posture , Motion_directional , Body_movement	9.4 45.6-1 51.3.1 47.7
dropping (n.)
drop (n.)	Change_position_on_a_scale , Path_shape , Change_posture , Motion_directional , Body_movement

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: entity doing the dropping (vnrole: 9.4-agent, 51.3.1-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: Logical subject, patient, thing falling (vnrole: 9.4-theme, 45.6-1-patient, 51.3.1-theme, 47.7-theme)
        Arg2-EXT: EXT, amount fallen (vnrole: 45.6-1-extent)
        Arg3-DIR: start point
        Arg4-GOL: end point, end state of arg1 (vnrole: 51.3.1-result)
        Argm-ADV: attribute of arg1 actually falling, if separate from arg1 (vnrole: 45.6-1-attribute)

Example: drop-v: start and end points

        The government's borrowing authority dropped to $2.8 trillion from $2.87 trillion.

        Arg1: the government's borrowing authority
        Rel: dropped
        Arg4: to $2.8 trillion
        Arg3: from $2.87 trillion

Example: drop-v: extent

        The stock market dropped nearly 7% Oct 13.

        Arg1: The stock market
        Rel: dropped
        Arg2: nearly 7%
        Argm-tmp: Oct 13

Example: drop-v: manner

        Yields on savings-type certificates of deposit dropped slightly last week.

        Arg1: Yields on savings-type certificates of deposit
        Rel: dropped
        Arg2: slightly
        Argm-tmp: last week

Example: ARG0 and ARG1 and ARG3

        A father in New York is accused of dropping his baby out of a seven - story apartment window .

        Arg0: []
        Rel: dropping
        Arg1: his baby
        Arg3: out of a seven - story apartment window

Example: drop-v: with medium, argM-LOC

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

        Oil dropped in price.

        Arg1: Oil
        Rel: dropped
        Argm-loc: in price

Example: drop-n

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

        a 26 % drop in profit , to $ 86.3 million

        Arg2: 26%
        Rel: drop
        Arg1: in profit
        Arg4: to $ 86.3 million

Example: drop-n

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

        Oil's drop in price

        Arg1: Oil's
        Rel: drop
        Argm-adv: in price

Example: drop-n

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

        And, if a diver at a greater depth is not neutrally buoyant, his dropping a weight belt may not lead to his ascent.

        Arg0: his
        Rel: dropping
        Arg1: a weight belt

Roleset id: drop.05 , remove, end, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

drop.05: DROP-V NOTES: VN updated by Julia. Member of Vncls fire-10.10. (from the former drop-v.05) DROP-N NOTES: Added by Julia. Member of Vncls fire-10.10. (from the former drop-n.02) DROPPING-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on drop.01. Corresponds to VNcls calibratable_cos-45.6-1, meander-47.7, put_direction-9.4, roll-51.3.1. (from the former dropping-n.05)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
drop (v.)		10.10
dropping (n.)
drop (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: remover (vnrole: 10.10-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: removed (vnrole: 10.10-theme)
        Arg2-DIR: source (vnrole: 10.10-source)

Example: drop-v: all args

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

        Mr. Koch already has announced he will drop 3,200 jobs from the city payroll, but that won't be enough.

        Arg0: he
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: drop
        Arg1: 3,200 jobs
        Arg2: from the city payroll

Example: drop-v: no source

        It has dropped its long-standing opposition.

        Arg0: It
        Rel: dropped
        Arg1: its long standing opposition

Example: drop-v: oddly also with new preference

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

        ``The World Series, seven nights, wasn't enough of an incentive,'' says Arnold Klinsky of WHEC-TV in Rochester, which [*T*-1] dropped CBS for NBC six weeks ago.

        Arg0: [*T*-1]
        Argm-rcl: which -> WHEC-TV
        Rel: dropped
        Arg1: CBS
        Argm-adv: for NBC
        Argm-tmp: six weeks ago

Example: drop-v: weight loss

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

        ``I don't trust people who don't eat,'' said Ms. Volokh, though [she herself]-3 stopped eating lunch a few years ago [*-3] to drop 25 pounds.

        Arg0: [*-3]
        Rel: drop
        Arg1: 25 pounds

Example: drop-n

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

        its drop from the lineup has been much lamented.

        Arg1: its
        Rel: drop
        Arg2: from the lineup

Example: dropping-n

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

        Smith said the offer depends on his dropping a countersuit.

        Arg0: his
        Rel: dropping
        Arg1: a countersuit

Example: dropping-n

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

        A big reason for Bowers breakout was his dropping 20 pounds in the offseason.

        Arg0: his
        Rel: dropping
        Arg1: 20 pounds
        Argm-tmp: in the offseason

Roleset id: drop.06 , give, esp. names, mention in an offhand way, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

drop.06: DROP-V NOTES: (from the former drop-v.06) DROP-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on PB drop-v.06. (from the former drop-n.03) DROPPING-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT, drop.06. No VNcls. (from the former dropping-n.06)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
drop (v.)
drop (n.)
dropping (n.)

Roles:

        No instances containing a hearer observed, but they seem
        possible. Arg2 could be added if it comes up.
        Arg0-PAG: sycophant, giver
        Arg1-PPT: names, thing given

Example: drop-v: not much variation in syntax

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

        Some people must drop names -- call it an irresistible impulse.

        Arg0: Some people
        Argm-mod: must
        Rel: drop
        Arg1: names

Example: drop-v: Give a visit

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

        I found 0 I had come to the riverbank , and thought 0 I might go and drop a visit to Uncle Baocheng .

        Arg0: I
        Argm-mod: might
        Rel: drop
        Arg1: a visit to Uncle Baocheng

Example: drop-n

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

        Today, we're witnessing the mass hysteria of Robert Pattinson fever, with teenage girls from around the world sobbing and shrieking at the drop of his name

        Rel: drop
        Arg1: of his name

Example: drop-n

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

        We speak at the drop of a hint that there is someone who will listen.

        Rel: drop
        Arg1: of a hint that there is someone who will listen

Roleset id: drop.07 , spend money, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

drop.07: DROP-V NOTES: (from the former drop-v.07) DROPPING-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on drop.07. (from the former dropping-n.07)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
drop (v.)
dropping (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: big spender
        Arg1-PPT: amount of money
        Arg2-PRP: commodity

Example: drop-v: big spender

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

        They'd actually left the Soviet Union with $480, but during a stop in Italy Ms. Volokh dropped $80 on a black velvet suit.

        Argm-tmp: during a stop in Italy
        Arg0: Ms. Volokh
        Rel: dropped
        Arg1: $80
        Arg2: on a black velvet suit

Example: dropping-n

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

        his dropping a grand on his computer made him feel broke.

        Arg0: His
        Rel: dropping
        Arg1: a grand
        Arg2: on his computer

Predicate: drop_by

Roleset id: drop_by.02 , coming for a short visit, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

drop_by.02: DROP-V NOTES: (from the former drop-v.02) DROPPING-N NOTES: Added by Julia. based on drop.02. No corresponding VNcls. (from the former dropping-n.02)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
drop_by (v.)
dropping_by (n.)

Roles:

        Arg1-PPT: visitor
        Arg3-DIR: visiting from
        Arg4-GOL: place visited

Example: drop_by-v: and bring the kids

        Maybe she could drop by at the Metropolitan Opera.

        Argm-dis: Maybe
        Arg1: she
        Argm-mod: could
        Rel: drop by
        Arg4: at the Metropolitan Opera

Example: drop_by-v: NP end point

        You may drop by the VOA office in Washington.

        Arg1: You
        Argm-mod: may
        Rel: drop by
        Arg4: the VOA office in Washington

Example: dropping_by-n

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

        The thing that I remembered best about my father was his dropping by in my younger years to whip me for being so bad.

        Arg1: his
        Rel: [dropping] [by]
        Argm-tmp: in my younger years
        Argm-prp: to whip me for being so bad

Predicate: drop_off

Roleset id: drop_off.03 , leave behind?, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

drop_off.03: DROP-V NOTES: roles are same as above, except don't expect to see start point (from the former drop-v.03) DROPPING-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on drop.03. No VNcls. (from the former dropping-n.03)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
drop_off (v.)		-
dropping_off (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: entity doing the dropping
        Arg1-PPT: entity being dropped off
        Arg2-GOL: destination, end state

Example: ARG1 and ARG2 and ARG0

        After 26 years in prison , Mr. Sisulu , the 77 - year - old former secretary - general of the liberation movement , was dropped off at his house by a prison services ' van just as the sun was coming up .

        Argm-tmp: After 26 years in prison
        Arg1: Mr. Sisulu , the 77 - year - old former secretary - general of the liberation movement ,
        Rel: [off][dropped]
        Arg2: at his house
        Arg0: by a prison services ' van
        Argm-tmp: just as the sun was coming up

Example: dropping_off-n

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

        He does not take no for an answer, so you are intimidated into agreeing to his dropping off the goods at a location of his choice

        Arg0: his
        Rel: dropping off
        Arg1: the goods
        Arg2: at a location of his choice

Predicate: drop_out

Roleset id: drop_out.04 , quit, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

drop_out.04: DROP-V NOTES: Also in intransitive. (from the former drop-v.04) DROPPING-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on drop.04. No VNcls. (from the former dropping-n.04)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
drop_out (v.)
dropping_out (n.)

Roles:

Arg0-PAG: quitter
Arg1-PPT: thing quit (usually of-phrase)

Example: ARG0 and ARG1

        Geoffrey Goodfellow , who dropped out of high school back in the 1970s to manage a computer network at a California research firm , says : `` Old network hands have started to turn off the network because they do n't have time to wade through the muck . ''

        Arg0: [who][Geoffrey Goodfellow]
        Rel: [dropped][out]
        Arg1: of high school
        Argm-tmp: back in the 1970s
        Argm-prp: to manage a computer network at a California research firm

Example: dropping-out-n

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

        It's unfortunate that money is the factor in his dropping out of the race

        Arg0: his
        Rel: dropping out
        Arg1: of the race

Predicate: drop_in

Roleset id: drop_in.08 , stop by, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

drop_in.08: Added by Julia for SMS02-remainder.

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
drop_in (n.)
do_drop_in (l.)
drop_in (v.)

Roles:

Arg0-PAG: visitor
Arg1-PPT: visited

Example: drop_in-n: LVB

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

        Maybe I will do a walk by drop in .

        Argm-adv: maybe
        Arg0: I
        Argm-mod: will
        Argm-lvb: do
        Argm-adj: walk by
        Rel: drop_in