Roleset pinch.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "squeeze tightly to cause pain":

Roles:

Arg0:pincher, agent


Arg1:thing touched


Arg2:touched with, if separate from agent

Examples:

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


transitive passive (-)
A BMA spokesman said ``runaway medical costs'' have made health insurance ``a significant challenge,'' and margins also have been pinched [*-1] by changes in the mix of life-insurance products consumers now demand.
ArgM-DIS:	also
REL:	pinched
Arg1:	[*-1] -> margins
Arg0-by:	changes in the mix of life-insurance products consumers now demand

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


intransitive (-)
The imposition of austerity measures, starting last October, already had begun [*-1] to pinch when the massacre in Tiananmen Square on June 4 and subsequent events tugged the belt far tighter.
Arg0:	[*-1] -> The imposition of austerity measures, starting last October,
REL:	pinch
ArgM-TMP:	when the massacre in Tiananmen Square on June 4 and subsequent events tugged the belt far tighter

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


semi-idiomatic (-)
The deposits came from savings kept in a Tupperware breadbox; he saved $47,000 in 1974-81 by living with family members and pinching pennies and $45,000 of secret gifts from his remorseful father, who had abandoned the family in 1955.
Arg0:	[*-2] -> he
REL:	pinching
Arg1:	pennies

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


all args (-)
Mary pinched John's toes with a vise-grip.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	pinched
Arg1:	John's toes
Arg2-with:	a vise-grip

Roleset pinch.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "slangy steal":

Roles:

Arg0:thief, agent


Arg1:thing stolen


Arg2:stolen from

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
Although not given in the above example, the arg2 would be "from the company" or something like that.

just transitive (-)
... and, what PASOK's cut was from the $210 million [0] Mr. Koskotas pinched [*T*-2].
Arg0:	Mr. Koskotas
REL:	pinched
Arg1:	[*T*-2] -> [0] -> the $210 million