sway
sway.01 - move
SWAY-V NOTES: Frames file for 'sway' based on sentences in wsj. Framenet entry Suasion2. VN classes body_internal_motion-49 and modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3. (from sway.01-v)Aliases:
sway (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: causer
ARG1-PPT: thing swaying
ARG2-EXT: degree of motion
ARG1-PPT: thing swaying
ARG2-EXT: degree of motion
normally intransitive
Suddenly
the womanARG1
begins swayingrel
and then writhing .occasionally with EXT
Staffers at Thompson , whose offices are in the ultramodern Embarcadero Center , watched pictures drop from the walls and then felt
the skyscraperARG1
swayrel
seven to eight feetARG2
, according to a spokeswoman .sway.02 - persuade (per-sway-d?)
SWAY-V NOTES: Never in active? VN class urge-58.1. (from sway.02-v)Aliases:
sway (v.)
sway (n.)
hold_sway (l.)
sway (n.)
hold_sway (l.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: persuader
ARG1-PPT: persuaded
ARG2-PRD: persuaded to do what?
ARG1-PPT: persuaded
ARG2-PRD: persuaded to do what?
cause to change mind
As a resultARGM-DIS
, many of those now planning to leave Hong KongARG1
caARGM-MOD
n'tARGM-NEG
easilyARGM-MNR
be swayedrel
by momentary improvements in the colony 's political and economic climateARG0
.