Predicate: shy_away
Roleset id: shy_away.01 , avoid in fear, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
shy_away.01: SHY_AWAY-V NOTES: No Verbnet entry. (from shy.01-v)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
shy_away (v.) | | |
Roles:
Treebank treats the "shy away from X" in at least four differentparsings. You'll often have to pick things apart. (from shy.01-v)
Arg0-PAG: avoider
Arg1-PPT: thing avoided
Example: oddly intransitive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: full
``If someone actually sat down and thought about what they were being sold ,'' says Gerald Perritt, editor of the Mutual Fund Letter in Chicago, they might shy away.
Argm-adv: If someone actually sat down and thought about what they were being sold
Arg0: they
Argm-mod: might
Rel: [ shy] [ away]
Example: shy away from
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The scare over Alar, a growth regulator that makes apples redder and crunchier but may be carcinogenic, made consumers shy away from the Delicious, though they were less affected than the McIntosh.
Arg0: consumers
Rel: [ shy] [ away]
Arg1: from the Delicious
Argm-adv: though they were less affected than the McIntosh
Predicate: shy
Roleset id: shy.02 , avoid in fear, nonphrasal; avoiding out of fear, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
shy.02: SHY-V NOTES: Added by Julia based on shy.01, BOLT-1 adjectival usage. (from shy.02-v)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
shy (v.) | Sociability | |
Roles:
Arg0-PPT: shy one
Arg1-PPT: afraid of
Example: inanimate arg0
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Its diligent beam could spot only the dark head of Van, who, having been propelled out of the boat when-1 it shied from its own sudden shadow [*-1], kept bobbing and and bawling the drowned girl's name in the black, foam-veined, complicated waters.
Arg0: it
Rel: shied
Arg1: from its own sudden shadow
Argm-tmp: [*-1]
Roleset id: shy.03 , not having enough, being some distance from a goal, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
shy.03: SHY-J NOTES: Reframed by Julia based on short-j.01 (from shy.01-j)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
shy (j.) | | |
Roles:
Arg1-PAG: entity not having enough/attained a goal
Arg2-PPT: amount shy
Arg3-GOL: goal
Example: monetary, Args 1 and 2
He is shy ten bucks.
Arg1: he
Rel: shy
Arg2: ten bucks
Example: distance, All args
We are 10 miles shy of Los Angeles.
Arg1: We
Arg2: 10 miles
Rel: shy
Arg3: of Los Angeles
Example: args 1, 3
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
That was shy of economists' forecast for a 1.5 percent increase and marked a slower pace than April's 1.7 percent rise.
Arg1: that
Rel: shy
Arg3: of economists' forecast for a 1.5 percent increase
Roleset id: shy.04 , socially nervous, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
shy.04: SHY-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-1, (from shy.02-j)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
shy (j.) | Sociability | |
Roles:
Arg0-PPT: shy one
Arg1-PPT: afraid of
Example: both args
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
On Facebook she did say she was shy of people outside her group
Arg0: she
Rel: shy
Arg1: of people outside her group
Example: arg1
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
However , I knew it would take me some time to adjust , because I have always been very introverted , and shy and especially anxious and all the rest of it .
Arg0: I
Argm-tmp: always
Rel: shy