spook
spook.01 - scare
SPOOK-V NOTES: Frames file for 'spook' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet class spook 31.1, no mention of other members. No comparison. I think this is the first "psych verb" we've encountered. (from spook.01-v predicate notes)Aliases:
spook (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: cause of fright
ARG1-PPT: scared entity
ARG2-MNR: instrument, if arg0 is also present
ARG1-PPT: scared entity
ARG2-MNR: instrument, if arg0 is also present
passivized
They are still trying to lure back
small investorsARG1
spookedrel
by the 1987 stock - market crash and the market 's swings since thenARG0
.ARG2
It was not the first time that day
IARG0
had failed to see the bonefish in the roiled water and spookedrel
themARG1
with a blind cast that was off the markARG2
.ARG0 and ARG1
WhatARG0
reallyARGM-ADV
spookedrel
the crowds along Wall StreetARG1
, however , was the sudden concern that , whatever the reason , the pool of debt capital is drying up .