sprawl
sprawl.01 - extend horizontally and ungracefully
SPRAWL-V NOTES: Frames file for 'sprawl' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 47.6 and 50, Framenet entry Posture. (from sprawl.01-v predicate notes)Aliases:
sprawl (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: causer
ARG1-PPT: thing in sprawling mode
ARG2-LOC: location
ARG1-PPT: thing in sprawling mode
ARG2-LOC: location
odd agentive example
Like Peter Sellars ,
Ms. BogartARG0
manipulates her actors as if they were rag dolls , sprawlingrel
themARG1
on staircasesARG2
, dangling them off tables , even hanging them from precipices while having them perform some gymnastic feats of derring - do .ARG1 and ARG2
It is typical of most such surveys , which are commonplace in
an art sceneARG1
nowARGM-TMP
sprawlingrel
from Berlin to BeijingARG2
.