Roleset pry.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "pull loose with some difficulty":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, pry-er


Arg1:thing pried


Arg2:end state/attribute of arg1

Examples:

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


lexical error (-)
And [*] try plying [sic] new dollars free in a market that is softening, hurt by a strong dollar and concerned about overcapacity -- the industry's Darth Vadar.
Arg0:	[*]
REL:	plying
Arg1:	new dollars
Arg2:	free
ArgM-LOC:	in a market that is softening, hurt by a strong dollar and concerned about overcapacity -- the industry's Darth Vadar

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


oddly intransitive (-)
Then he looked at his finger, at the wrinkled, heavy knuckle and the thick nail he used like a knife [*] to pry up, slit, and open.
Arg0:	[*] -> he
REL:	pry
Arg2:	up

Roleset pry.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "look at, illicitly":

Roles:

Arg0:looker


Arg1:looked at

Examples:

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


your prying eyes (-)
They surged around him, fingers pointing, eyes prying.
Arg0:	eyes
REL:	prying

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


with sight (-)
He would tell her [*-1] not to pry into grownups' affairs -- as though she were a little kid like Elena!
Arg0:	[*-1] -> her
Argm-NEG:	not
REL:	pry
Arg1-into:	into grownups' affairs