pave
pave.01 - cover a wide flat surface
PAVE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'pave' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 9.8, Framenet entry Adorning. (from pave.01-v predicate notes)Aliases:
pave (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: applier of cover, agent
ARG1-GOL: surface
ARG2-PPT: paving material
ARG1-GOL: surface
ARG2-PPT: paving material
passive
We have as much nostalgia as anyone for those leafy , breezy days in Washington when honorable men and women dickered over budgets and even log - rolled a bit to see that the bridges got build ,
roadsARG1
pavedrel
, soldiers paid or that the desperately poor were cared for .all args
Tired of mowingARGM-ADV
, JohnARG0
pavedrel
his front yardARG1
with asphaltARG2
.pave.02 - pave the way: prepare
PAVE-V NOTES: Treebank uses at least three different syntaces for this usage. (from pave.02-v)Aliases:
pave (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: preparer
ARG1-PPT: the way
ARG2-PRP: for what
ARG1-PPT: the way
ARG2-PRP: for what
typical usage
Were it true that
a weak currencyARG0
pavesrel
the wayARG1
for trade surplusesARG2
, then presumably Argentina would be the center of today 's global economy .