Roleset clutch.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to grasp and hold tightly":

Roles:

Arg0:grasper, agent


Arg1:entity clutched

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: participle


participle (-)
Brokers clutching thick folders stand in lines , [*-1] waiting their turn [0] [*] to speak to the underwriters [*T*-2] .
Arg0:	Brokers
REL:	clutching
Arg1:	thick folders

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: participle


prepositional Arg1 (-)
Mr. Noriega believes [0] he has n't any alternative but [*] to continue clutching to power .
Arg0:	[*] -> he
REL:	clutching
Arg1-to:	power

Roleset clutch.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "to grasp and hold tightly":

Roles:

Arg0:grasper, agent


Arg1:entity clutched

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


intransitive (-)
In [*-2] describing that business in general , he says that when the client ca n't repay the loan [*T*-1] , some machikin `` clutch on like hyenas '' and even take over the client 's company .
Arg0:	some machikin
REL:	[ clutch] [ on]
ArgM-MNR:	like hyenas