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<frameset>
    <predicate lemma="burn">
        
        
        <roleset framnet="" id="burn.01" name="(cause to) be on fire" vncls="43.1 45.4 45.5 40.8.3-2">
            <roles>
                <role descr="pyromaniac" f="" n="0">
                    <vnrole vncls="43.1" vntheta="agent"/>
                    <vnrole vncls="45.4" vntheta="agent"/>
                    <vnrole vncls="40.8.3-2" vntheta="experiencer"/>
                </role>
                <role descr="thing burning" f="" n="1">
                    <vnrole vncls="43.1" vntheta="theme"/>
                    <vnrole vncls="45.4" vntheta="patient"/>
                    <vnrole vncls="45.5" vntheta="patient"/>
                    <vnrole vncls="40.8.3-2" vntheta="patient"/>
                </role>
                <note/>
            </roles>
            
            <example name="metaphorical, 'on' agent" src="" type="">
                <inflection aspect="both" form="participle" person="ns" tense="present" voice="passive"/>
                <text>[Securities analysts]-2 were even more cautious, *trace* having been
                    burned *trace*-2 repeatedly on Unisys this year.
                </text>
                <rel f="">burned</rel>
                <arg f="" n="1">*trace*-2</arg>
                <arg f="tmp" n="m">repeatedly</arg>
                <arg f="" n="0">on Unisys</arg>
                <arg f="tmp" n="m">this year</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            
            <example name="metaphorical, 'in' agent" src="" type="">
                <inflection aspect="perfect" form="participle" person="third" tense="present" voice="passive"/>
                <text>[International Business Machines Corp.]-1, analysts say, has been
                    burned *trace*-1 twice in trying to enter the laptop market and
                    shows no signs of trying to get into notebooks anytime soon.
                </text>
                <rel f="">burned</rel>
                <arg f="" n="1">*trace*-1</arg>
                <arg f="tmp" n="m">twice</arg>
                <arg f="" n="0">in trying  to enter the laptop market</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            
            
            
            <example name="literal" src="" type="">
                <inflection aspect="ns" form="infinitive" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="ns"/>
                <text>[John]-1 likes *trace*-1 to burn candles.</text>
                <arg f="" n="0">*trace*-1</arg>
                <rel f="">burn</rel>
                <arg f="" n="1">candles</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            
            <example name="ergative, literal" src="" type="">
                <inflection aspect="progressive" form="participle" person="third" tense="past" voice="active"/>
                <text>The wood was burning in the fireplace.</text>
                <arg f="" n="1">the wood</arg>
                <rel f="">burning</rel>
                <arg f="loc" n="m">in the fireplace</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            
            <example name="ergative, metaphorical" src="" type="">
                <inflection aspect="progressive" form="participle" person="third" tense="past" voice="active"/>
                <text>John's face was burning.</text>
                <arg f="" n="1">John's face</arg>
                <rel f="">burning</rel>
                <note/>
            </example>
            
            
            
            <note>The idea in both of these is along the lines of "Trying to enter the
                laptop market has burned IBM", making this a relatively
                straightforward passivization.
            </note>
        </roleset>
        <note>Frames file for 'burn' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
            Verbnet entries 40.8.2, 40.8.3, 47.2, 45.4, 45.5; other framed
            members include: reel, erode, spread, and a whole bunch of
            causatives.  Framenet classes Cause harm, Heat, and Body.  This is
            probably going to be ugly.
        </note>
    </predicate>
    
    <predicate lemma="burn_up">
        
        <roleset framnet="" id="burn.02" name="burn completely" vncls="-">
            <roles>
                <role descr="causer, agent" f="" n="0"/>
                <role descr="thing burning" f="" n="1"/>
                <note/>
            </roles>
            
            <example name="naughty John" src="" type="">
                <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
                <text>John burned up his report card in the fireplace.</text>
                <arg f="" n="0">John</arg>
                <rel f="">burned up</rel>
                <arg f="" n="1">his report card</arg>
                <arg f="loc" n="m">in the fireplace</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            
            
            
            <note/>
        </roleset>
        <note/>
    </predicate>
    
    <predicate lemma="burn_out">
        
        <roleset framnet="" id="burn.03" name="burn and then be extinguished" vncls="-">
            <roles>
                <role descr="thing burning" f="" n="1"/>
                <note/>
            </roles>
            
            <example name="literal" src="" type="">
                <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
                <text>The fire finally burned out after an hour or two.</text>
                <arg f="" n="1">The fire</arg>
                <arg f="tmp" n="m">finally</arg>
                <rel f="">[burned] [out]</rel>
                <arg f="tmp" n="m">after an hour or two</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            
            
            
            <note/>
        </roleset>
        
        <roleset framnet="" id="burn.04" name="become tired of" vncls="-">
            <roles>
                <role descr="experiencer" f="" n="1"/>
                <role descr="psych instrument" f="" n="2"/>
                <note/>
            </roles>
            
            <example name="or adjectival?" src="" type="">
                <inflection aspect="ns" form="participle" person="third" tense="present" voice="active"/>
                <text>John is totally burned out on predicate-argument tagging.</text>
                <arg f="" n="1">John</arg>
                <arg f="ext" n="m">totally</arg>
                <rel f="">[burned] [out]</rel>
                <arg f="" n="2">on predicate-argument tagging</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            
            
            
            <note>I'm not sure about this syntax.  With any luck it won't appear in WSJ.</note>
        </roleset>
        <note/>
    </predicate>
    <note/>
</frameset>
