Predicate: seal

Roleset id: seal.01 , to close with or as if with a seal, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

seal.01: SEAL-V NOTES: Frames file for 'seal' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. Member of VNcls tape-22.4. frames created by Olga (from seal.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
seal (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: agent, causer (vnrole: 22.4-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: entity sealed (vnrole: 22.4-patient)

Example: with a resultative phrase

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

        One had best not dance on top of a coffin until [the lid]-2 is sealed [*-2]tightly shut . ''

        Rel: sealed
        Arg1: [*-2]
        Argm-prd: tightly shut

Example: transitive

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

        In his haste [*]-1 to seal the deal with Tiger Chairman Saul Steinberg last August , [Mr. Smith]-1 ignored a promise that he had made to his own pilots three years ago : that any fliers acquired [*] in future mergers would be `` end-tailed '' -- put at the bottom of the pilot seniority list that determines work schedules , pay and career options .

        Arg0: [*]-1
        Rel: seal
        Arg1: [ the deal] [ with Tiger Chairman Saul Steinberg]
        Argm-tmp: last August

Example: inanimate causer

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

        Demographics-1 converged with `` mainstream '' and demonizing [*-1] to seal Robert Bork 's fate .

        Arg0: [*-1]
        Rel: seal
        Arg1: Robert Bork 's fate


Predicate: seal_off

Roleset id: seal_off.02 , separate one entity from another by seal, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

seal_off.02: SEAL_OFF-V NOTES: Roleset based on instances in CallHome. No corresponding VN Class. Framed by Claire. (from seal.02-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
seal_off (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: causer of separation, sealing
        Arg1-PPT: focused entity sealed off
        Arg2-GOL: entity arg1 is sealed off from
        Arg3-MNR: seal itself, instrument

Example: Instrument as subject

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

        [Iron doors hidden in panels]-1 close every night , *PRO*-1 sealing it off from the the rest of the museum .

        Arg3: *PRO*-1
        Rel: [sealing][off]
        Arg1: it
        Arg2: from the rest of the museum

Example: Agent as subject, all arguments

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

        He sealed it off from use with chains and padlocks, but we have no explanation as to why he did this.

        Arg0: He
        Rel: [sealed][off]
        Arg1: it
        Arg2: from use
        Arg3: with chains and padlocks