Predicate: sing
Roleset id: sing.01 , sing, performing vocal music, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
sing.01: SING-V NOTES: Based on financial subcorpus, automatic expansion via verbnet. Member of VNcls performance-26.7-1-1, manner_speaking-37.3, sound_emission-43.2. Updated by Julia, 11/2010. (from sing.01-v) SINGING-N NOTES: ~sing.01 (from singing.01-n)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
singing (n.) | | |
sing (v.) | Communication_manner | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: singer (vnrole: 26.7-1-1-Agent, 43.2-Agent, 37.3-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: song (vnrole: 26.7-1-1-Theme, 43.2-Theme, 37.3-Topic)
        Arg2-GOL: audience (vnrole: 26.7-1-1-Beneficiary, 37.3-Recipient)
Example: transitive with manner
        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        It isn't every day that we hear a Violetta who-1 *trace*-1 can sing the first act's high-flying music with all the little notes perfectly pitched and neatly stitched together.
        Arg0: *trace*-1 (= who)
        Argm-slc: who -> a Violetta
        Argm-mod: can
        Rel: sing
        Arg1: the first act's high-flying music
        Argm-mnr: with all the little notes perfectly pitched and neatly stitched together
Example: passivized
        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle
        [His melodious ``Confutatis'']-1 was smoothly sung *trace*-1 by bass Brian Matthews.
        Argm-mnr: smoothly
        Rel: sung
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg0: by bass Brian Matthews
Example: ARG0
        Singing and jumping around are not really suitable for the senior grades , and parents hope that teachers will keep in mind the different needs of different age groups .
        Arg0: []
        Rel: Singing
Example: Arg0, 1
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        Whitney Houston's singing of the national anthem at Super Bowl XXV is largely regarded as its best vocal rendition.
        Arg0: Whitney Houston's
        Rel: singing
        Arg1: of the national anthem
        Argm-loc: at Super Bowl XXV