Predicate: eke

Roleset id: eke.01 , to get/move/remove with great effort, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

eke.01: EKE-V NOTES: Roleset based on WSJ-nw. Framed by Claire (from eke.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
eke (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: agent, person/org trying to supplement
        Arg1-PPT: thing gotten

Example: get time down

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        He eked the time down by just under half a second as the session went on but his 1:46.520 was only good enough for sixth.

        Arg0: He
        Rel: eked
        Arg1: the time
        Argm-dir: down
        Argm-ext: by just under half a second
        Argm-tmp: as the session went on


Predicate: eke_out

Roleset id: eke_out.02 , to attain with great effort, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

eke_out.02: EKE_OUT-V NOTES: Roleset based on instances in wsj-nw. Framed by Claire. (from eke.02-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
eke_out (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: attainer
        Arg1-PPT: thing attained

Example: Typical usage

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        But always, in years past , they have bucked the trend and have been able to pick up a fifth vote PRO to eke out a number of major victories in civil rights and liberties cases.

        Arg0: PRO
        Rel: [eke][out]
        Arg1: a number of major victories in civil rights and liberties cases