Roleset nick.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "cut slightly":

Roles:

Arg0:cutter


Arg1:thing cut


Arg3:instrument

Examples:

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


cutter or instrument? (-)
The thrift said earnings also were nicked *trace* in the quarter by a $4 million provision for losses associated with its previously reported plan to liquidate a real-estate franchise network.
ArgM-DIS:	also
REL:	nicked
Arg1:	*trace* -> earnings
ArgM-TMP:	in the quarter
Arg0-by:	a $4 million provision for losses associated with its previously reported plan to liquidate a real-estate franchise network