frighten
frighten.01 - (cause to) become afraid
FRIGHTEN-V NOTES: Frames file for 'frighten' based on transformation of 'scare'; adjectival 'frightening' found in BOLT-7. (from frighten.01-v)FRIGHTENING-J NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from frightening.01-j)
Unlike some of the other verbs which haven't tried to distinguishagent and subject, you really must try with psych verbs. It's bad enough that we're ignoring the distinction between intentional agentand non-intentional (but still non-instrumental) agent. For example,in the second example, did Mary really *mean* to frighten John, or was itan accident? The former would make her an intentional agent, thelatter an unintentional agent. This can only be determined by a LOTof context, which we don't have, and even then it can be hard to tell. (from frighten.01-v)
Aliases:
frighten (v.)
fright (n.)
give_fright (l.)
frightening (j.)
fright (n.)
give_fright (l.)
frightening (j.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: cause of fear
ARG1-PPT: frightened entity
ARG2-MNR: instrument, if separate from arg0
ARG3-PRD: intensifier
ARG1-PPT: frightened entity
ARG2-MNR: instrument, if separate from arg0
ARG3-PRD: intensifier
frighten-v: transitive
Such disclosures of big holdings often are used by
raidersARG0
to try to frightenrel
a company 's managersARG1
.ARG2
AlthoughARGM-DIS
heARG0
'd frightenedrel
meARG1
a bitARGM-EXT
at firstARGM-TMP
with the wrath he 'd let loose on Vale HilliardARG2
ARG0 and ARG1
If the teachers only speak English in classARGM-ADV
itARG0
willARGM-MOD
frightenrel
children who have never learnt English beforeARG1
.frighten-v: with intensifier
It wo n't take
much moreARG0
to `` frightenrel
the hellARG3
out of retail investorsARG1
, '' he says .frighten-v: another intensifier example
`` Small investors are absolutely dismayed that Wall Street is stacking the deck against them , and
these wide swingsARG0
are frighteningrel
themARG1
to deathARG3
.frightening-j
The propertyARG0
price is indeedARGM-ADV
frighteningrel
, and there are people speculating in real estate everydayfrighten_off
frighten_off.02 - frighten and make go away
FRIGHTEN_OFF-V NOTES: This is pretty clearly an intentional subject, but frighten off couldalso take an unintentional subject. (from frighten.02-v)Aliases:
frighten_off (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: cause of fear
ARG1-PPT: frightened entity
ARG2-MNR: instrument, if separate from arg0
ARG1-PPT: frightened entity
ARG2-MNR: instrument, if separate from arg0
frighten_off-v: automatically generated
Their oppositionARG0
helped frightenrel
offrel
some Japanese banksARG1
.frighten_away
frighten_away.03 - frighten and make go away
FRIGHTEN_AWAY-V NOTES: (from frighten.03-v)Aliases:
frighten_away (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: causer of fear
ARG1-PPT: frightened entity
ARG2-MNR: instrument, if separate from arg0
ARG1-PPT: frightened entity
ARG2-MNR: instrument, if separate from arg0
frighten_away-v: automatically generated
Mr. DaPuzzo also complained that
the sharp swings in stock pricesARG0
latelyARGM-TMP
is frighteningrel
awayrel
retail and foreign investorsARG1
.