Predicate: traverse

Roleset id: traverse.01 , cross, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

traverse.01: TRAVERSE-V NOTES: Member of VNcls contiguous_location-47.8. Updated by Julia, 11/2010. (from traverse.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
traverse (v.)Path_shape Traversing Intentional_traversing

Roles:

        Arg0-PPT: traveller (vnrole: 47.8-Theme)
        Arg1-PPT: wide area (vnrole: 47.8-co-theme)

Example: pretty boring verb, but pretty

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

        Then we drove on, until there was no more road and we traversed dry rice fields, bouncing across their squat earth walls.

        Arg0: we
        Rel: traversed
        Arg1: dry rice fields
        Argm-adv: bouncing across their squat earth walls

Example: passive with split constituent

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: progressive,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        [A third, one of at least equal and perhaps even greater importance,]-4 is now being traversed [*-4]: American immersion and involvement in world affairs.

        Argm-tmp: now
        Rel: traversed
        Arg1: [*-4]
        Argm-prd: American immersion and involvement in world affairs

Example: ARG0 and ARG1

        Today , and after traversing much distance on the way to joining , Ankara finds itself again clashing with European justifications and claims that prevent it from reaching its goal .

        Arg0: []
        Rel: traversing
        Arg1: much distance on the way to joining