Frameset

Predicate stalk:

Frames file for 'stalk' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entry pit-10.7, in the sense of "take the stalks off something" but I don't think anyone, anywhere, would ever say that. Comparison to 'walk' and 'follow'.

Roleset stalk.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "walk stiffly":

Roles:

Arg0:walker

Examples:

poor John (-)
`After Mary laughed at him, John stalked away muttering under his breath.`
Argm-TMP:	After Mary laughed at him
Arg0:	John
REL:	stalked
Argm-DIR:	away
Argm-MNR:	muttering under his breath.

Roleset stalk.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "follow stealthily":

Roles:

Arg0:thing following

Arg1:thing followed

Examples:

passivized (-)
`The announcement effectively removes the British government as an impediment to a takeover of the company, which trace is being stalked trace by General Motors and Ford.`
REL:	stalked
Arg1:	trace -> trace -> which -> the company
Arg0-by:	General Motors and Ford