Predicate: try

Roleset id: try.01 , attempt, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

try.01: TRY-V NOTES: VN, FN updated by Julia. (from try.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
try (v.)
give_try (l.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: Agent/Entity Trying (vnrole: 61.1-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing tried (vnrole: 61.1-theme)

Example: predicative arg1

        Newsweek is trying to keep pace with rival Time magazine.

        Arg0: Newsweek
        Rel: trying
        Arg1: to keep pace with rival Time magazine

Example: nominal Arg1

        Banks have tried packaging before.

        Arg0: Banks
        Rel: tried
        Arg1: packaging
        Argm-tmp: before

Example: serial verb, almost

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

        But the effort is also being made [*] to try and cause jurors not to decide things rationally.

        Arg0: [*]
        Rel: try
        Arg1: cause jurors not to decide things rationally

Roleset id: try.02 , lawsuit, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

try.02: TRY-V NOTES: (from try.02-v)
       
        TRIAL-N NOTES: Roleset based on try.01. No corresponding VN class. Framed by Katie (from trial.02-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
try (v.)
trial (n.)Trial

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: litigant
        Arg1-PPT: entity tried (defendant/case)
        Arg2-GOL: adjudicator
        Arg3-CAU: tried for: crime/accusation

Example: misparsed passive

        The case wasn't tried in court.

        Arg1: The case
        Argm-neg: n't
        Rel: tried
        Argm-loc: in court

Example: Arg 3 as ' on trial over' rather than 'on trial for'

        Mr. Stanley is on trial over charges that he violated aproclamation , issued by the South African administrator generalearlier this year , which made it a crime punishable by two yearsin prison for any person to `` insult , disparate or belittle ''the election commission .

        Arg1: Mr. Stanley
        Rel: trial
        Arg3: over charges that he violated a proclamation , issued by the South African administrator general earlier this year , which made it a crime punishable by two years in prison for any person to `` insult , disparate or belittle '' the election commission

Example: Example with arg 1

        The judge scheduled to preside over his trial

        Arg1: his
        Rel: trial

Example: Another arg 1 example

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

        another defense attorney in Saddam Hussein's trial

        Arg1: Saddam Hussein's
        Rel: trial

Example: Args 0, 1, and 3.

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

        Wennerstrom's trial for libel against Mikael Blomkvist

        Arg0: Wennerstrom's
        Rel: trial
        Arg3: for libel
        Arg1: against Mikael Blomkvist

Example: Slightly different use of arg 1

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

        a fair celebrity trial in California

        Argm-mnr: fair
        Arg1: celebrity
        Rel: trial
        Argm-loc: in California

Roleset id: try.04 , various idtioms: try one's hand at, try one's patience, etc., Source: , vncls: , framnet:

try.04: TRY-V NOTES: Frame edited by Arrick (from try.04-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
try (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: tryer
        Arg1-PPT: thing tried (hand, patience)
        Arg2-PRD: attribute of Arg 1

Example: go on, give it a shot

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

        As previously reported, the account is troubled, with Philip Morris asking Backer Spielvogel Bates, Ogilvy& Mather, and possibly others to try their hand at developing new creative work.

        Arg0: Backer Spielvogel Bates, Ogilvy& Mather, and possibly others
        Rel: try
        Arg1: their hand
        Arg2: at developing new creative work

Example: gimme a break

        She haggled forever over a backpack, and was really trying my patience.

        Arg0: She
        Argm-adv: really
        Rel: trying
        Arg1: my patience


Predicate: try_out

Roleset id: try_out.03 , audition, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

try_out.03: TRY_OUT-V NOTES: (from try.03-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
try_out (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: auditionee
        Arg1-PPT: role
        Arg2-GOL: casting agency

Example: tryouts

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

        The nagging memory of one afternoon fourteen years ago drove [Jim Gideon, a lean 36-year-old righthander]-1 to take a four-month leave from selling insurance in Texas [*-1] to try out for Mr. Weaver's team.

        Arg0: [*-1]
        Rel: [try] [out]
        Arg1: for Mr. Weaver's team

Roleset id: try_out.05 , test the potential of something, taste/wear for the first time, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

try_out.05: TRY_OUT-V NOTES: Roleset based on instances in New Testament. No Corresponding VN class. (from try.05-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
try_out (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: tester
        Arg1-PPT: thing being tested

Example:

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

        I have just bought five pairs of work animals; I must go and try them out.

        Arg0: I
        Argm-mod: must
        Rel: [try] [out]
        Arg1: them


Predicate: trial

Roleset id: trial.06 , medical trial, consumer trial, or similar, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

trial.06: TRIAL-V NOTES: Based on medical data. Slight comparison to try.01 and trial.01-n. No VN class. Framed by Katie. (from trial.01-v)
       
        TRIAL-N NOTES: Roleset based on try.01. No corresponding VN class. Framed by Katie. (from trial.01-n)
       
        TRIAL-N NOTES: Added by Julia for unification with trial-v.01. (from trial.03-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
trial (v.)
trial (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: doctor
        Arg1-PPT: patient, consumer
        Arg2-MNR: medication/ treatment, thing tested

Example:

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

        We will trial her on continuous face mask oxygen.

        Arg0: We
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: trial
        Arg1: her
        Arg2: on continuous face mask oxygen.

Example: Another example with both args

        a trial of its computers to consumers who qualify for its credit cards or leases .

        Rel: trial
        Arg2: of its computers
        Arg1: to consumers who qualify for its credit cards or leases

Example: arg0 and arg2

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

        the company 's clinical trials of both its animal and human-based insulins

        Arg0: the company's
        Argm-mnr: clinical
        Rel: trials
        Arg2: of both its animal and human-based insulins