Frameset - toss

Predicate: toss

Roleset id: toss.01 , throw randomly or toss dough, glances, throw randomly, throwing, perhaps underhand or casually, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

toss.01: TOSS-V NOTES: Member of Vncls throw-17.1-1-1, crane-40.3.2, preparing-26.3-1. Checked by Julia, 10/2010. (from toss.01-v) TOSS-N NOTES: Member of Vncls throw-17.1-1-1, crane-40.3.2, preparing-26.3-1. Checked by Julia, 10/2010. (from toss.01-n) TOSSING-N NOTES: Added by Julia for questionbank. (from tossing.01-n)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
toss (v.)	Body_movement Cause_motion
tossing (n.)
toss (n.)	Body_movement Cause_motion

Roles:

Arg0-PAG: tosser(s) (vnrole: 17.1-1-1-agent, 26.3-1-agent, 40.3.2-agent)
Arg1-PPT: thing tossed (vnrole: 17.1-1-1-theme, 40.3.2-patient)

Example: pretty basic

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

        Unable to unload a large block of a French blue-chip company's shares in Paris for two days last week, a frustrated Scottish Amicable fund manager finally tossed down her phone in disgust and called James Capel& Co., a London brokerage firm.

        Arg0: a frustrated Scottish Amicable fund manager
        Argm-tmp: finally
        Rel: tossed
        Argm-dir: down
        Arg1: her phone
        Argm-mnr: in disgust

Example: not phrasal

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

        We suggest that Mr. Fernandez find an incompetent principal, toss him out of the building and let the forces of the status quo explain to the parents whatever it is they're defending.

        Arg0: Mr. Fernandez
        Rel: toss
        Arg1: him
        Argm-dir: out of the building

Example: Within LVC

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

        How-1 can I take a toss *T*-1.

        Argm-mod: can
        Arg0: I
        Argm-lvb: take
        Rel: toss
        Argm-mnr: *T*-1

Example: All arguments...seems like sort of bad grammar, but...

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

        One day while taking out the trash, his toss of the trashbag goes flying into orbit (Eventually landing in England)

        Arg0: his
        Rel: toss
        Arg1: of the trashbag

Example: both args

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

        he still hated that bastard Boyd for keeping him away from the games, for there was no possibility of his tossing the caber now.

        Arg0: his
        Rel: tossing
        Arg1: the caber
        Argm-tmp: now

Predicate: toss_out

Roleset id: toss_out.02 , get rid of, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

toss_out.02: TOSS_OUT-V NOTES: cf the second example in toss.01 (from toss.02-v)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
toss_out (v.)

Roles:

Arg0-PAG: eliminator, agent
Arg1-PPT: thing eliminated

Example: yer outta here

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

        The judge handling the case in state Supreme Court, a trial court, had tossed out the jury verdicts, ruling that the matter should have been handled under federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration rules.

        Arg0: The judge handling the case in state Supreme Court, a trial court,
        Rel: [ tossed] [ out]
        Arg1: the jury verdicts
        Argm-adv: ruling that the matter should have been handled under federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration rules

Predicate: toss_in

Roleset id: toss_in.03 , include, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

toss_in.03: TOSS_IN-V NOTES: Frameset created by Jena. (from toss.03-v)

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
toss_in (v.)

Roles:

Arg0-PAG: includer
Arg1-PPT: included

Example:

        I'll toss in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

        Arg0: I
        Argm-mod: 'll
        Rel: [ toss] [ in]
        Arg1: Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Predicate: toss_up

Roleset id: toss_up.04 , be a wash, a tie, equivalent as options, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

toss_up.04: TOSS_UP-N NOTES:

Aliases:

Alias	FrameNet	VerbNet
toss_up (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: chooser
        Arg1-PPT: decision that is a toss up (often 'it')
        Arg2-VSP: mention of the first option (or both if together)
        Arg3-VSP: mention of the second option

Example: toss_up-n

        It was a toss-up between Royal and Carnival.

        Rel: toss_up
        Arg2: between Royal and Carnival