Rolesets - fossilize

fossilize

fossilize.01 - (cause to) petrify, make rigid

FOSSILIZE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'fossilize' based on internet usage examples, expansion via VN. VerbNet entry 45.4, comparison with 'ossify.' (from fossilize.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

fossilize (v.)
fossilise (v.)
fossilization (n.)
fossilisation (n.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: cause of fossilization
ARG1-PPT: entity made into fossil
ARG2-PRD: result, attribe of arg 1

fossilize-v: No Agent

The fossil history of snakes is very poorly known , since
snake skeletonsARG1
are very delicate and do
notARGM-NEG
fossilizerel
easilyARGM-MNR
.

fossilize-v: Metaphorical, with attribute

ItARG1
must not remain
fossilizedrel
in the form codified by Daniel Jones almost a century agoARG2
.