Predicate: trace

Roleset id: trace.01 , make a physical copy on an over-laid transparent surface, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

trace.01: TRACE-V NOTES: Member of Vncls scribble-25.2. (from trace.01-v) TRACING-N NOTES: trace.01 (from tracing.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
trace (v.)
tracing (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: copier, agent (vnrole: 25.2-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing traced (vnrole: 25.2-theme)
        Arg2-GOL: transparent surface (vnrole: 25.2-destination)

Example: all args

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

        John traced the diagram onto tissue paper.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: traced
        Arg1: the diagram
        Arg2: onto tissue paper

Roleset id: trace.02 , follow to the source, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

trace.02: TRACE-V NOTES: No Vncls. (chase-51.6 is close, but the theme need not be concrete). (from trace.02-v) TRACING-N NOTES: trace.02 (from tracing.02-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
trace (v.)
tracing (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: follower
        Arg1-PPT: thing followed
        Arg2-GOL: the thing's source (actually destination)

Example: all args

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

        Douglas Madison, a corporate trader with Bank of America in Los Angeles, traced the dollar's recent solid performance against the yen to purchases of securities by Japanese insurance companies and trust banks and the sense that another wave of investment is waiting in the wings.

        Arg0: Douglas Madison, a corporate trader with Bank of America in Los Angeles,
        Rel: traced
        Arg1: the dollar's recent solid performance against the yen
        Arg2: to purchases of securities by Japanese insurance companies and trust banks and the sense that another wave of investment is waiting in the wings

Example: lacking source

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

        The personal antics of agency Director Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow drew much attention, such as when several of his top aides were uncovered as KGB plants and ejected from France and when a mysterious office fire was set just before Congress sent accountants [0]-1 *trace*-1 to trace U.S. funds.

        Arg0: *trace*-1 (= [0])
        Argm-slc: [0] -> accountants
        Rel: trace
        Arg1: U.S. funds

Example: ARG0 and ARG1 and ARG2

        He traces his ancestry to Guangdong and affirms that his decision to set up in mainland China " involves ethnic pride . "

        Arg0: He
        Rel: traces
        Arg1: his ancestry
        Arg2: to Guangdong