Frameset

Predicate shy_away:

Frames file for 'shy away' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.

Roleset shy.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "avoid in fear":

Roles:

Arg0:avoider

Arg1:thing avoided

Examples:

full

oddly intransitive (-)
``If someone actually sat down and thought about what they were being sold ,'' says Gerald Perritt, editor of the Mutual Fund Letter in Chicago, they might shy away.
Arg0:	they
ArgM-MOD:	might
REL:	[ shy] [ away]

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full
shy away from (-)

The scare over Alar, a growth regulator that makes apples redder and crunchier but may be carcinogenic, made consumers shy away from the Delicious, though they were less affected than the McIntosh.

Arg0: consumers

REL: [ shy] [ away]

ArgM-from: the Delicious

ArgM: though they were less affected than the McIntosh

shy away from (-)
`The scare over Alar, a growth regulator that makes apples redder and crunchier but may be carcinogenic, made consumers shy away from the Delicious, though they were less affected than the McIntosh.`
Arg0:	consumers
REL:	[ shy] [ away]
ArgM-from:	the Delicious
ArgM:	though they were less affected than the McIntosh

Treebank treats the "shy away from X" in at least four different parsings. You'll often have to pick things apart.