Rolesets - melt

melt

melt.01 - to change from a solid to a liquid state, melted, in a (hot) liquid state

MELT-V NOTES: Frames file for 'melt' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from melt.01-v predicate notes)
MOLTEN-J NOTES: Added automatically by Julia. (from molten.01-j)

Aliases:

melt (v.)
melting (n.)
molten (j.)
melted (j.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: agent
ARG1-PPT: thing melted

melt-v: transitive

A substantial warmingARG0
wouldARGM-MOD
meltrel
some of the Earth 's polar ice capsARG1
,
raising the level of the oceans and causing widespread flooding of heavily populated coastal areasARGM-ADV
.

melt-v: intransitive

A partnership with a Williamsburg , Va. , unit of Shell Oil Co. recently patented a process for producing plastic food
containersR-ARG1
thatARG1
woARGM-MOD
n'tARGM-NEG
meltrel
in microwave ovensARGM-LOC
.

molten-j: both args

InitiallyARGM-TMP
,
the EarthARG1
was
moltenrel
from this release of energyARG0
, but a solid surface formed within a few million years

melt_down

melt_down.02 - experience (usually emotional) system failure

MELT_DOWN-V NOTES:

Aliases:

melt_down (v.)
meltdown (n.)
have_meltdown (l.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: entity having a fit
ARG1-PPT: over what

melt_down-v

25 years agoARGM-TMP
,
Jesse SpanoARG0
meltedrel
downrel
over # caffeine pillsARG1
.

meltdown-n

her little
spazzoARGM-MNR
meltdownrel
flip - off to Serenity

have_meltdown-l

That TimeARGM-TMP
IARG0
HadARGM-LVB
a
Meltdownrel
Over Spring RollsARG1
.