Rolesets - thicken

thicken

thicken.01 - (cause to) become thicker

THICKEN-V NOTES: VN updated by Julia, 10/2010. Member of Vncls other_cos-45.4. (from thicken.01-v)
THICKENING-N NOTES: thicken.01 (from thickening.01-n)
THICKENED-J NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from thickened.01-j)

Aliases:

thicken (v.)
thickening (n.)
thickened (j.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: cause, agent
ARG1-PPT: thing becoming thick
ARG2-MNR: instrument

thicken-v: unaccusative

Watching , they waited until
the squallARG1
thickenedrel
and began to move in a long drifting slant across the dry burning land .

thicken-v: accusative

For a moment , anger darkened the hallway about her , and when she found her voice ,
angerARG0
thickenedrel
itARG1
.

thicken-v: instrumental

JohnARG0
thickenedrel
the gravyARG1
with library pasteARG2
.

thick

thick.02 - crowded, as with many individuals crammed together; density/sparsity measurement

THICK-J NOTES: Added by Julia. (from thick.01-j)

Aliases:

thickness (n.)
thick (j.)

Roles:

ARG1-LOC: crowded location (the forest)
ARG2-SE1: crowded with what; close together components (the trees)

thick-j: both args

The Swamp itselfARG1
was
thickrel
with trees and vinesARG2
.

thick-j: both args

The airARG1
was
thickrel
with smokeARG2

thick-j: both args

His voiceARG1
was
thickrel
with emotionARG2

thick-j: interpretation: close together

The
vinesARG2
were
asARGM-CXN
thickrel
as the hair on a dogARGM-CXN
.

thick-j: human as LOC of hairs

DadARG1
was
thickrel
-
hairedARG2
, bowlegged , bottom - heavy ; he wore a tangly , hircine beard ; a cigar depended from his lips at all times , the aromatic stub of a flute ;

thick-n

His hair had lost
itsARG1
thicknessrel
.

thick.03 - wide; width/heftiness measurement

THICK-J NOTES: Added by Julia. (from thick.02-j)

Aliases:

thickness (n.)
thick (j.)

Roles:

ARG1-SE1: thing with a wide diameter
ARG2-DOM: more specific aspect of arg1 that is thick (if in addition)
ARG3-EXT: measurement

thick-j: arg1

SoonARGM-TMP
the vinesARG1
were
asARGM-CXN
thickrel
as saplingsARGM-CXN
.

thick-j: wide diameter

HeARG1
was
thickrel
of frameARG2
, heavy with muscle , yet accustomed to going without in the face of plenty .

thick-j

The wallARG1
was
a footARG3
thickrel


          (t / thick-03
            :ARG1 (w / wall)
            :ARG3 (d / distance-quantity :quant 1
              :unit (f / foot)))
        

thick.04 - not very smart

THICK-J NOTES: Added by Julia. (from thick.03-j)

Aliases:

thickness (n.)
thick (j.)

Roles:

ARG1-PPT: not very smart one (may require concatenation)

thick-j: concatenation

Of courseARGM-DIS
,
heARG1
was
thickrel
to believe that James would want to hang around themC-ARG1
.

thick.05 - socially close

THICK-J NOTES: Added by Julia. (from thick.04-j)

Aliases:

thick (j.)

Roles:

ARG1-PAG: first entity (or all)
ARG2-COM: second entity (or 'each other')

thick-j: arg1

Those kidsARG1
were
asARGM-CXN
thickrel
as thievesARGM-CXN
.

thick-j: both args

Mr. Oliver observed that
Mr. Bailey and Mr. WodiskaARG1
were
"rel
thickrel
"rel
with each otherARG2
.