"stab" Rolesets

stab

stab.01 - poke with sharp object, perhaps fatally, metaphorically try something

STAB-V NOTES: Note that the result and the location cannot cooccur: "John wasstabbed to death in the back". This is clearly not a syntacticvalency problem, since this has no more phrases than the lastexample. (from stab.01-v)
STAB-N NOTES: Based on verb entry stab.01. Verbnet entries 42.2 and 18.2 (from stab.01-n)
STABBING-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT, stab-v.01. Corresponds to VNcls Poison-42.2, Poke-19, Swat-18.2. (from stabbing.01-n)
STABB-V NOTES: hand-checked by Kevin (from stabb.01-v)
Arg3 from verb frame separated into two separate args. Even though co-occuring LOC and resultative args are awkward, there are some examples out there, and regardless, it seemed more useful to be able to differentiate them. (from stabbing.01-n)

Aliases:

stab (v.)
stab (n.)
stabbing (n.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: stabber
ARG1-PPT: victim, thing stabbed
ARG2-MNR: sharp implement
ARG3-LOC: specific location of wound
ARG4-PRD: result of stabbing

passive transitived

Prior to his term , bled to death in the halls , .

arg3 as location

When he initially refused , he says , and made off with $ 2,000 and 280 blank tickets .

arg3 as result

Beheading small children , , raping and shooting women , and burying people alive are just a few of the grisly activities that the Somali armed forces have been engaged in over the past two years .

args 1 2 3

Guns were never used : was .

Arg0 and Arg1

She was surprised when did n't kill him .

"try" semantics

have a , then have provided a detailed index .

args 0, 1, 2, 3

A man 's dispute with his girlfriend allegedly led to

arg 4

My nephew would not respond to his insults , so he thought that justified .