"knock" Rolesets

knock.01 - hit

KNOCK-V NOTES: Member of VNcls hit-18.1-1, bump-18.4-1, throw-17.1-1. (from knock.01-v)
KNOCK-N NOTES: Based on sentences in nouns-00040. Comparison to knock.01-v. Vn class hit-18.1-1, bump-18.4-1, and throw-17.1-1. Framed by Katie. (from knock.01-n)

Aliases:

knock (v.)
knock (n.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: agent, hitter - animate only!
ARG1-PPT: thing hit
ARG2-MNR: instrument, thing hit by or with

ARG0 and ARG1

For international organizations of which the PRC is already member , such as the United Nations , although has , it has met with repeated failure as a result of international pressure imposed by the PRC under the " one China " principle .

all args

the

arg 1 only

the

knock.04 - cut off by striking

KNOCK-V NOTES: Member of VNcls split-23.2. (from knock.04-v)

Aliases:

knock (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: cutter
ARG1-PPT: thing cut
ARG2-DIR: medium, source
ARG3-MNR: instrument

unstated instrument

, is expected to .

knock_back.07 - ingest

KNOCK_BACK-V NOTES: (from knock.07-v)

Aliases:

knock_back (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: knocker
ARG1-PPT: drink

drink alcohol

makes the poetry flow .

knock_down.02 - knock down: hit and cause to go down

KNOCK_DOWN-V NOTES: Maybe this last example should be a separate roleset? Hard to say. (from knock.02-v)

Aliases:

knock_down (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: knocker
ARG1-PPT: thing knocked and going down
ARG2-EXT: EXT
ARG3-DIR: start point
ARG4-GOL: end point
ARG5-MNR: instrument

just transitive

London share prices closed sharply lower Friday in active trading after Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson 's resignation slapped the market and .

with numeric arguments

Last Friday , spilled out of Hilton , .

ARG5

, .

knock_out.03 - knock out: eliminate, destroy

KNOCK_OUT-V NOTES: (from knock.03-v)

Aliases:

knock_out (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: destroyer
ARG1-PPT: thing destroyed
ARG2-MNR: instrument of destruction

passivized

An increase in production at , had been , also aided results .

knock_off.05 - knock off: eliminate, destroy

KNOCK_OFF-V NOTES: (from knock.05-v)

Aliases:

knock_off (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: The Eliminator, agent
ARG1-PPT: thing eliminated

knock your block off

knock_off.06 - knock off: copy, copying

KNOCK_OFF-V NOTES: (from knock.06-v)
KNOCK_OFF-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on more-nouns. Corresponds to VNcls steal-10.5. (from knock.02-n)

Aliases:

knock_off (n.)
knock_off (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: copier
ARG1-PPT: thing copied

ARG0 and ARG1

Judge John E. Sprizzo issued the order in Manhattan federal court , where Sony has accused of .

Args 0, 1 and PRD

A , had a good run in France , which ended after the female lead was injured in a real - life auto accident .

arg1 and PRD

More European air time is filled with low - budget game shows , variety hours , movies and talk shows , many of which are .

knock_over.08 - knock_over: rob

KNOCK_OVER-V NOTES: (from knock.08-v)

Aliases:

knock_over (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: robber
ARG1-GOL: establishment being robbed
ARG2-PPT: the loot

classic, from Brown

And if you 're as flat broke as I am , I think 'll have to take the added risk of '' .

all args

have .

knock_up.09 - impregnate

KNOCK_UP-V NOTES: Added by Julia based on instance in ULA. No appropriate VNcls. (from knock.09-v)

Aliases:

knock_up (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: baby daddy
ARG1-PPT: baby mama

Fairly unhelpful corpus example

Two of the more common examples of British - American divergence of usage are screw and .

More informative example

Tiger Woods ' porn - star ex - mistress claims , but her stepmother is giving her story a cold shower , describing her as a " compulsive liar .

knock_up.10 - awaken by knocking insistently on the door (british)

KNOCK_UP-V NOTES: Added by Julia based on usage in ULA-masc1. No VNcls. (from knock.10-v)

Aliases:

knock_up (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: insistent knocker
ARG1-PPT: entity woken up

Corpus example- you can see why this is different from the other sense.

In Chapter VI of Vanity Fair , Thackeray reports on Joe Sedley 's drunken avowal to we d Becky Sharp the next morning , even if had to ? , ? in order to have him in readiness to perform the ceremony .