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<frameset>
<note>
Frames file for 'take' based on survey of sentences from big corpus
</note>
<predicate lemma="take">
<roleset id="take.01" name="take, acquire, come to have" vncls="10.5 11.3">
  <roles>
    <role descr="Taker" n="0">
	<vnrole vncls="10.5" vntheta="Agent"/>
        <vnrole vncls="11.3" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
    <role descr="thing taken" n="1">
        <vnrole vncls="10.5" vntheta="Theme"/>
        <vnrole vncls="11.3" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
    <role descr="entity taken from, or prepositional complement of arg1" n="2">
	<vnrole vncls="10.5" vntheta="Source"/>
        <vnrole vncls="11.3" vntheta="Source"/></role>
  </roles>

<example name="take office">
  <text>
    President Carlos Menem took office July 8.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">President Carlos Menem</arg>
  <rel>took</rel>
  <arg n="1">office</arg>
  <arg f="TMP" n="M">July 8</arg>
</example>

<example name="extract">
  <text>
    Sony took a lesson from the American management books.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">Sony</arg>
  <rel>took</rel>
  <arg n="1">a lesson</arg>
  <arg f="from" n="2">the American management books</arg>
</example>

<example name="view">
  <text>
    Principals take cheating seriously
  </text>
  <arg n="0">Principals</arg>
  <rel>take</rel>
  <arg n="1">cheating</arg>
  <arg f="MNR" n="M">seriously</arg>
</example>

<example name="take the law">
  <text>
    She took the law into her own hands
  </text>
  <arg n="0">She</arg>
  <rel>took</rel>
  <arg n="1">the law</arg>
  <arg f="into" n="2">her own hands</arg>
</example>

<example name="take measures">
  <text>
    It has taken measures to prevent cheating.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">It</arg>
  <rel>taken</rel>
  <arg n="1">measures</arg>
  <arg f="PNC" n="M">to prevent cheating</arg>
</example>

<example name="take advantage">
  <inflection person="ns" tense="ns" aspect="ns" voice="active" form="infinitive"/>
  <text>
    According to industry lawyers, the ruling gives pipeline companies
    an important second chance *trace* to resolve remaining disputes and take
    advantage of the cost-sharing mechanism.  
  </text>
  <arg n="0">*trace* -&gt; pipeline companies</arg>
  <rel>take</rel>
  <arg n="1">advantage</arg>
  <arg n="2" f="of">the cost-sharing mechanism</arg>
</example>

<example name="take some comfort">
  <inflection person="ns" tense="ns" aspect="ns" voice="active" form="full"/>
  <text>
     Investors unsetled by the stock market's recent gyrations can
     take some comfort in the predictable arrival of quarterly
     dividend checks.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">Investors unsettled by the stock market's recent
  gyrations</arg> 
  <arg n="m" f="MOD">can</arg>
  <rel>take</rel>
  <arg n="1">some comfort</arg>
  <arg n="2" f="in">the predictable arrival of quarterly dividend checks</arg>
</example>

<example name="takin' care of business">
  <inflection person="third" tense="present" aspect="ns" voice="active" form="full"/>
  <text>
     Frank plans the program, takes care of business, and approaches
     the work like any other job. 
  </text>
  <arg n="0">Frank</arg>
  <rel>takes</rel>
  <arg n="1">care</arg>
  <arg n="2" f="of">business</arg>
</example>
</roleset>





<roleset id="take.04" name="understand to be" vncls="29.2">
<roles>
  <role descr="understander" n="0">
     <vnrole vncls="29.2" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="thing" n="1">
     <vnrole vncls="29.2" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
  <role descr="attribute" n="2">
     <vnrole vncls="29.2" vntheta="Predicate"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="bummer">
  <text>
    They took the announcement as bad news.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">They</arg>
  <rel>took</rel>
  <arg n="1">the announcement</arg>
  <arg f="as" n="2">bad news</arg>
</example>

<example name="it support, kinda">
  <text>
    I take it, then, that John is a complete and utter idiot?
  </text>
  <arg n="0">I</arg>
  <rel>take</rel>
  <arg f="DIS" n="m">then</arg>
  <arg n="1">John is a complete and utter idiot</arg>
<note>
Again, this is a 'dummy' it, without any real semantic substance.
</note>
</example>
</roleset>










</predicate>

<predicate lemma="take_away">
<roleset id="take.05" name="take away: remove" vncls="10.5">
<roles>
  <role descr="taker" n="0">
	<vnrole vncls="10.5" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="thing removed" n="1">
	<vnrole vncls="10.5" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="Calgon, take me away!">
  <text>
    Marshall Coleman wants to *trace* take away your right to choose
  </text>
  <arg n="0">*trace* -&gt; Marshall Coleman</arg>
  <rel>take away</rel>
  <arg n="1">your right to choose</arg>
</example>
</roleset>
</predicate>

<predicate lemma="take_in">
<note>
might be misparsed
</note>

</predicate>

<predicate lemma="take_off">
<roleset id="take.07" name="take off: remove" vncls="10.5">
<roles>
  <role descr="entity removing something" n="0">
	  <vnrole vncls="10.5" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="thing being removed" n="1">
	  <vnrole vncls="10.5" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="take it all off">
  <text>
    John took off all his clothes in public.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">John</arg>
  <rel>took off</rel>
  <arg n="1">all his clothes</arg>
  <arg f="LOC" n="M">in public</arg>
</example>
</roleset>






</predicate>

<predicate lemma="take_on">



</predicate>

<predicate lemma="take_out">

</predicate>

<predicate lemma="take_over">

</predicate>

<predicate lemma="take_up">

</predicate>

<predicate lemma="take_aback">


</predicate>
</frameset>
