Frames file for 'tinker' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
corpus.
Roleset tinker.01 "to mess around":
Roles:
Arg0:tinkerer, agent
Arg1:entity tinkered with
Examples:
tinker, tailor, soldier, spy (-)
person: ns
tense: present
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: gerund
Democrats asked in [*] this week for discussions with President Bush have suggested ways of [*] `` tinkering '' with the Packwood-Roth proposal , [*-3] suggesting an interest in [*] looking for a modified version [0] they can back [*T*-1] , one official said [0] [*T*-2] .
Arg0:
[*] -> Democrats asked in [*] this week for discussions with President Bush