Predicate: swim

Roleset id: swim.01 , move through water, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

swim.01: SWIM-V NOTES: VN updated by Julia. Member of Vncls run-51.3.2, swarm-47.5.1-1. (from swim.01-v) SWIM-N NOTES: Based on verb entry swim.01, Differs from verb frame because this frame conflated location/direction/destination. Corresponds to Vncls run-51.3.2, swarm-47.5.1-1. (from swim.01-n) SWIMMING-N NOTES: (from swimming.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
swim (v.)Self_motion
swim (n.)Self_motion
swimming (n.)

Roles:

        Use ArgMs for location,and extent/distance swam. Be careful to distinguish "course" argument from location arguments: swimming the English Channel (course) is different from swimming IN the English Channel (location). (from swim.01-n)
        Arg0-PPT: swimmer (vnrole: 51.3.2-Theme, 47.5.1-Theme)
        Arg1-PPT: course (e.g. channel) (vnrole: 51.3.2-Location, 47.5.1-Location)
        Arg2-GOL: to where? destination, end state
        Arg3-DIR: from where? source

Example: metaphorical transitive

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

        Pictures of rusted oil drums swim into focus, and the female voice purrs, ``That hazardous waste on his (Mr. Courter's) property -- the neighbors are suing for consumer fraud.''

        Arg0: Pictures of rusted oil drums
        Rel: swim
        Arg2: into focus

Example: commonly intransitive

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

        ``People say they swim, and that may mean they've been to the beach this year,'' says Krys Spain, research specialist for the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.

        Arg0: they
        Rel: swim

Example: ARG0 and ARG3 and ARG2

        Information cells swim around in it , and can divide , recombine , reproduce , and copy themselves without limit , opening up entirely new possibilities for the accumulation and application of knowledge .

        Arg0: Information cells
        Rel: swim
        Arg3: around
        Arg2: in it

Example: loc as subject usage

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        The river swam with fish, so many you could almost walk from bank to bank and never touch the water.

        Arg1: the river
        Rel: swam
        Arg0: with fish
        Argm-prd: so many you could almost walk from bank to bank and never touch the water

Example: Arg 0 only, within LVC

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

        Muskrats , according to my encyclopedia , look like giant rats , are found in and around the mudbanks bordering marshes and quiet ponds , have partially webbed feet , and do a good deal of swimming .

        Arg0: Muskrats
        Argm-adv: according to my encyclopedia
        Argm-lvb: do
        Argm-ext: a good deal
        Rel: swimming

Example: Args 0 and 1

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

        Strel completed his swim of the entire 5265-kilometer (3272-mile) Amazon River on Saturday.

        Arg0: his
        Rel: swim
        Arg1: of the entire 5265-kilometer (3272-mile) Amazon River

Example: Args 2 & 3

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

        Our objective is to have everyone successfully complete the swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco.

        Rel: swim
        Arg3: from Alcatraz
        Arg2: to San Francisco

Example: args 0, 1

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

        He considers his swimming the English Channel as his version of a grassroots campaign.

        Arg0: his
        Rel: swimming
        Arg1: the English Channel

Roleset id: swim.02 , feel dizzy, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

swim.02: SWIM-V NOTES: Frames file for 'swim' based on sentences in wsj. (from swim.02-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
swim (v.)

Roles:

        Arg1-PPT: head (vnrole: 40.8.2-Patient)
        Arg2-PAG: cause (vnrole: 40.8.2-Stimulus)

Example: oh, oh, the pain

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        John's head was swimming from the amount of coffee he'd drunk that morning.

        Arg1: John's head
        Rel: swimming
        Arg2: from the amount of coffee he'd drunk that morning