Rolesets - calm

calm

calm.01 - make calm

CALM-V NOTES: Reserve the instrument case for sentences with both an agent and aninstrument. (from calm.01-v)

Aliases:

calm (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: agent of calming
ARG1-PPT: entity becoming calm
ARG2-MNR: instrument of calming

just transitive

He said he 's upset that
Mr. PhelanARG0
, trying to
calmrel
investorsARG1
after the plunge , said that investors would simply have to get used to the market 's big price swings .

ergative!

Dealers said
LondonARG1
showed signs of
calmingrel
in midafternoon ...

all args

In an unusual move ,
several fundsARG0
moved to
calmrel
investorsARG1
with recordingsARG2
on their toll - free phone linesARGM-LOC
.

calm.03 - still, relaxed

CALM-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-1, BOLT-4,5, relation to calm-v.01 (rolesets not combined because of incompatability between causative roles and topic roles.) (from calm.01-j)

Aliases:

calm (j.)

Roles:

ARG1-PAG: calm entity

inanimate arg1

The oceanARG1
was
calmrel
and the clouds were high
on this quiet beach near HanaleiARGM-LOC
.

concatenation

NothingARG1
was
calmrel
about MondayC-ARG1
.

arg1, ADV-attributive

iARG1
was
calmrel
about all of thisARGM-ADV
until a few hours agoARGM-TMP

concatenation of infinitival complement

Some horses just do n't cope with this -
my girlARG1
was
calmrel
to rideC-ARG1
in winterARGM-TMP
and turned into a spooky bundle of nerves in spring

calm_down

calm_down.02 - make calm, with particle

CALM_DOWN-V NOTES: (from calm.02-v)

Aliases:

calm_down (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: agent of calming
ARG1-PPT: entity becoming calm
ARG2-MNR: instrument of calming

ergative with particle

Mideast politicsARG1
have
calmedrel
downrel
and the squabbling within the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries seems under control for now .