Roleset shear.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "slice off, as with scissors":

Roles:

Arg0:agent of cutting


Arg1:thing cut, smaller piece


Arg2:whole, source


Arg3:instrument

Examples:

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


the one example (-)
One old building, the Golden State Bank Building on Front Street, had its yellow brick facade sheared [*-1] off by the shock of the quake, leaving a wedge of its third floor open to the air, while piles of dusty bricks tumbled to the street below narrowly missing rush-hour pedestrians and cars.
REL:	[ sheared] [ off]
Arg1:	[*-1] -> its yellow brick facade
Arg3-by:	the shock of the quake
ArgM:	leaving a wedge of its third floor open to the air, while piles of dusty bricks tumbled to the street below narrowly missing rush-hour pedestrians and cars

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


with agent and whole (-)
John sheared the top off the chocolate cake.
Arg0:	John
REL:	sheared
Arg1:	the top
Arg2-off:	the chocolate cake