Frameset - smooth

Predicate: smooth

Roleset id: smooth.01 , make smooth, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

smooth.01: SMOOTH-V NOTES: Based on financial subcorpus, automatic expansion via verbnet. Member of VNcls other_cos-45.4, wipe_manner-10.4.1. Updated by Julia, 11/2010. (from smooth.01-v)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
smooth (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: agent, entity causing smoothness (vnrole: 45.4-Agent, 10.4.1-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing becoming smooth (vnrole: 45.4-Patient, 10.4.1-Source)
        Arg2-MNR: explicit instrument (vnrole: 45.4-Instrument)

Example: modification of phrasal

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

        However, shedding steel would run directly counter to Mr. Roderick's original rationale for diversifying into oil and gas: [Having two major products]-1 would lessen the company's vulnerability to one market's down cycle and help *trace*-1 smooth the flow of cash and earnings.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: smooth
        Arg1: the flow of cash and earnings

Example: with instrument

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

        John smoothed the icing on the cake with a handful of dried oak leaves.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: smoothed
        Arg1: the icing on the cake
        Arg2: with a handful of dried oak leaves

Roleset id: smooth.04 , suave, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

smooth.04: SMOOTH-J NOTES: Added by Julia. (from smooth.02-j)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
smooth (j.)

Roles:

Arg1-PPT: rico suave (agent/action, may require concatenation)

Example: "Silky Bob"

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

        His nickname implies that he was smooth and slick and never got caught.

        Arg1: He
        Rel: smooth

Roleset id: smooth.06 , free of bumps, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

smooth.06: SMOOTH-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-4,5. (from smooth.01-j)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
smooth (j.)

Roles:

Arg1-PPT: bumpless entity

Example: lexical comparative

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

        Result is my skin is smoother than it is on some teenage girls ! -

        Arg1: my skin
        Rel: smoother
        Argm-cxn: than it is on some teenage girls

Predicate: smoothen

Roleset id: smoothen.05 , make or become smooth, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

smoothen.05: SMOOTHEN-V NOTES: Roleset by Katie based on internet search, parallel expansion of verbnet, propbank, and sense groupings. VN class other_cos-45.4. (from smoothen.01-v)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
smoothen (v.)

Roles:

Arg0-PAG: Thing causing the smoothening (vnrole: 45.4-Agent)
Arg1-PPT: Entity smoothened (vnrole: 45.4-Patient)

Example: cause to be smooth

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

        Collagen injections smoothen wrinkle lines.

        Arg0: Collagen injections
        Rel: smoothen
        Arg1: wrinkle lines.

Example: Become smooth

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

        Without it, a rough surface morphology can't smoothen.

        Argm-adv: without it
        Arg1: a rough surface morphology
        Argm-mod: ca
        Argm-neg: n't
        Rel: smoothen.

Predicate: smooth_out

Roleset id: smooth_out.02 , smooth out: make smooth, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

smooth_out.02: SMOOTH_OUT-V NOTES: Based on financial subcorpus, automatic expansion via verbnet. See VNcls othre_cos-45.4. (from smooth.02-v)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
smooth_out (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: agent, entity causing smoothness
        Arg1-PPT: thing becoming smooth
        Arg2-MNR: explicit instrument

Example: no instrument

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

        However, shedding steel would run directly counter to Mr. Roderick's original rationale for diversifying into oil and gas: [Having two major products]-1 would lessen the company's vulnerability to one market's down cycle and help *trace*-1 smooth out the flow of cash and earnings.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: [ smooth] [ out]
        Arg1: the flow of cash and earnings

Predicate: smooth_over

Roleset id: smooth_over.03 , smooth over: sooth difficulties, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

smooth_over.03: SMOOTH_OVER-V NOTES: No VNcls. (from smooth.03-v)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
smooth_over (v.)

Roles:

Arg0-PAG: soother
Arg1-PPT: hurts, difficulties

Example: sooth != smooth

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

        [The CIA's Deputy Director of Operations, Richard Stoltz]-1, tried [*-1]to smooth things over a few days later, but instead simply underlined Mr. Webster's point.

        Arg0: [*-1]
        Rel: smooth over
        Arg1: things
        Argm-tmp: a few days later