Predicate: idle

Roleset id: idle.01 , to cause to be inactive or idle, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

idle.01: IDLE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'idle' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from idle.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
idle (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: causer of inactivity
        Arg1-PPT: entity becoming idle

Example: transitive

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

        Chrysler will idle a Toledo assembly plant temporarily due to slowing sales of its profitable Jeep Cherokee and Wagoneer sport utility vehicles .

        Arg0: Chrysler
        ArgM-MOD: will
        Rel: idle
        Arg1: a Toledo assembly plant
        ArgM-TMP: temporarily
        ArgM-PNC: due to slowing sales of its profitable Jeep Cherokee and Wagoneer sport utility vehicles

Example: passive

        person: ns,  tense: future,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        General Motors Corp. , meanwhile , said [0] it will idle for yet another week its Linden , N.J. , assembly plant , [*]bringing to three weeks the total time [0] [that plant] -1 will be idled [*-1] during October [*T*-2] .

        ArgM-MOD: will
        Rel: idled
        Arg1: [*-1]
        ArgM-TMP: during October