Frameset

Predicate scratch:

Frames file for 'scratch' based on sentences in wsj and, loosely, automatic expansion via verbnet. Verbnet expansions don't look very good to me this time, though.

Roleset scratch.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "cut shallowly":

Roles:

Arg0:cutter

Arg1:thing cut

Arg2:medium, source

Arg3:instrument

Examples:

present

progressive

active

participle

semi-idiomatic (-)
`While they can target some of the most obvious miscreants, enforcers concede that they are only scratching the surface.`
Arg0:	they
ArgM-DIS:	only
REL:	scratching
Arg1:	the surface

kitchen disaster (-)
John scratched his hand with a butter knife.

Arg0: John

REL: scratched

Arg1: his hand

Arg3-with: a butter knife

kitchen disaster (-)
`John scratched his hand with a butter knife.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	scratched
Arg1:	his hand
Arg3-with:	a butter knife

I don't think arg2 'medium' will ever occur; it just doesn't sound natural to me.

Roleset scratch.04 Verbnet Class: 1 "search":

Roles:

Arg0:searcher, scratcher

Arg1:searched for

Examples:

progressive

active

participle

I think this is right (-)
`This global warming must have been entirely natural -- nobody would blame it on a few hundred thousand hunter-gatherers hunting mammoths and scratching around in caves.`
Arg0:	a few hundred thousand hunter-gatherers
REL:	scratching
ArgM-MNR:	around
ArgM-LOC:	in caves

Predicate scratch_out:

Roleset scratch.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "extract with difficulty":

Roles:

Arg0:squeezer

Arg1:extracted material (ie life)

Arg2:source (ie, stony ground)

Examples:

squeeze out of (-)
`But it's hard trace to scratch much profit out of the personal-computer business these days, and the workstation market, while important, is too small to rely on for much growth.`
Arg0:	trace
REL:	scratch out
Arg1:	much profit
Arg2-of:	the personal-computer business
ArgM-TMP:	these days

Roleset scratch.03 Verbnet Class: 1 "manner of writing":

Roles:

Arg0:writer

Arg1:thing written

Arg2:benefactive

Examples:

present

active

full

inkblot express (-)
`At Lloyd's of London, underwriters still scratch out policies using fountain pens and blotting paper.`
ArgM-LOC:	At Lloyd's of London
Arg0:	underwriters
ArgM-TMP:	still
REL:	[ scratch] [ out]
Arg1:	policies
ArgM-MNR:	using fountain pens and blotting paper

with benefactive (-)
John scratched out a picture of a rose for Mary.

Arg0: John

REL: scratched out

Arg1: a picture of a rose

Arg2-for: Mary

with benefactive (-)
`John scratched out a picture of a rose for Mary.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	scratched out
Arg1:	a picture of a rose
Arg2-for:	Mary