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:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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