Predicate: nest
Roleset id: nest.01 , like a bird, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
nest.01: NEST-V NOTES: Frames file for 'nest' based on sentences in brown. (from nest.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
nest (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: bird-like entity (vnrole: 13.7-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: location of nest
Example: nicely inverted syntax
        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        Below in the open bay facing Manhattan was Staten Island, gritty with clam shells and mud flats behind which nested [*T*-2] farms, cattle barns, and berry thickets.
        Rel: nested
        Arg1: [*T*-2]
        ArgM-RCL: behind which -*gt; clam shells and mud flats
        Arg0: farms, cattle barns, and berry thickets
Example: ARG0 and ARG1
        Simon Chang notes that a major innovation usually is nested in a lot of small innovations .
        Arg0: a major innovation
        Argm-adv: usually
        Rel: nested
        Arg1: in a lot of small innovations
Example: pseudopassive/adjectival
        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle
        Next, [the hen]-1 was nested [*-1]and all seemed well.
        Argm-TMP: Next
        Rel: nested
        Arg1: [*-1]