Predicate: hammer

Roleset id: hammer.01 , put a nail into wood (eg), vncls: 9.3

Roles:

        Arg0: hammerer
        Arg1: nail
        Arg2: wood

Example: semi-literal movement

        Moreover, the amended pact shows how McCaw's persistence has
        hammered LIN and BellSouth into a corner, forcing huge debt on the
        proposed new company.

        Arg0 : McCaw 's persistence
        Rel : hammered
        Arg1 : LIN and BellSouth
        Arg2 : into a corner
        Argm-adv : forcing huge debt on the proposed new company

Roleset id: hammer.02 , hit with a hammer, vncls: 18.1

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, hitter - animate only!
        Arg1: thing hit
        Arg2: instrument, hammer

Example: passivized instrumental subject

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        [Bethlehem Steel Corp.]-1, hammered [*]-1 by higher costs and lower
        shipments to key automotive and service-center customers, posted a
        54% drop in third-quarter profit.

        Rel : hammered
        Arg1 : [*]
        Arg2 : by higher costs and lower shipments to key automotive and service-center customers

Example: instrumental subject

        Sentiment was helped by the small gain made by New York stocks
        Wednesday despite anxiety over possible effects of the major
        earthquake that *trace* hammered northern California Tuesday.

        Arg2 : *trace*
        Argm-rcl : that -> the major earthquake
        Rel : hammered
        Arg1 : northern California
        Argm-tmp : Tuesday

Example: duck duck goose

        Mary hammered John on the head with a 2x4.

        Arg0 : Mary
        Rel : hammered
        Arg1 : John
        Argm-loc : on the head
        Arg2 : with a 2x4

Roleset id: hammer.03 , use a hammer to put something into a particular shape, vncls: 26.1

Roles:

        Arg0: builder
        Arg1: construction
        Arg2: material, start state
        Arg3: benefactive
        Arg4: end state

Example: with end-result

        John hammered the footnotes into a strong argument.

        Arg0 : John
        Rel : hammered
        Arg2 : the footnotes
        Arg1 : into a strong argument

Frames file for 'hammer' based on sentences in financial subcorpus and automatic expansion via verbnet.

Predicate: hammer_out

Roleset id: hammer.04 , arrange, vncls: -

Roles:

        Arg0: arranger
        Arg1: scheme
        Arg2: collaborator

Example: merged cocollaborator

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: infinitive

        [Investment bankers representing the buy-out group and UAL's board]-2
        spent a frantic weekend [*]-2 trying [*-2] to hammer out new terms
        that [*T*-1] would be more acceptable to the banks.

        Arg0 : [*-2]
        Rel : [ hammer] [ out]
        Arg1 : new terms that [*T*-1] would be more acceptable to the banks



Predicate: hammer_away

'Hammer away' based on instances in Webtext 2.5-2.

Roleset id: hammer.05 , Hammer continuously, usually metaphorical, vncls:

Roles:

        Arg0: hammerer
        Arg1: Usually prepositional complement, hammer away at what?

Example: All arguments, typical usage

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        I have been hammering away relentlessly on this blog.

        Arg0 : I
        Rel : [hammering][away]
        Argm-adv : relentlessly
        Arg1 : on this blog