preoccupy
preoccupy.01 - demand full attention
PREOCCUPY-V NOTES: Frames file for 'preoccupy' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 31.1 (from preoccupy.01-v predicate notes)PREOCCUPATION-N NOTES: preoccupy.01 (from preoccupation.01-n)
To my ear, args 0 and 2 cannot cooccur, but the prepositional usage ofarg2 does imply that the two are separate arguments. (from preoccupy.01-v)
Aliases:
preoccupy (v.)
preoccupation (n.)
preoccupation (n.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: causer of preoccupation
ARG1-PPT: preoccupied entity
ARG2-GOL: focus of attention
ARG1-PPT: preoccupied entity
ARG2-GOL: focus of attention
usually passive
Worst of allARGM-DIS
, NissanARG1
was preoccupiedrel
with management infighting , cronyism and corporate rigidityARG2
.occasionally active
Foreign exchange dealers said that the currency market has begun to distance itself from
the volatile stock exchangeARG0
, whichR-ARG0
has preoccupiedrel
the marketARG1
since Oct. 13 , when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 190 pointsARGM-TMP
.Arg1,2
At last the Archbishop of Canterbury is moving out of
hisARG1
preoccupationrel
with papalizing the AnglicansARG2
and being a voice for the poor .