Roleset pierce.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "poke a hole in, go through such a hole":

Roles:

Arg0:piercer


Arg1:material pierced


Arg2:instrument, if arg0 is agent and also present


Arg3:what's on other side of material

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: gerund


weird usage with arg3 (-)
Ever since he had first begun to study music and to teach it, Rousseau had dreamed of [*] piercing through to fame as the result of a successful opera.
Arg0:	[*] -> Rousseau
REL:	piercing
Arg3-through:	through to fame
Argm-CAU:	as the result of a successful opera

person: third tense: past aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


passive (-)
It was pierced [*-1] by a wagon gate built of two wings.
REL:	pierced
Arg1:	[*-1] -> It
Arg0-by:	by a wagon gate built of two wings