Predicate: ferret_out
Roleset id: ferret_out.01 , to search and discover through persistent investigation, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
ferret_out.01: FERRET_OUT-V NOTES: Frames file for 'ferret' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from ferret.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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| ferret_out (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: entity exploring, searching, agent (vnrole: 35.6-Agent)
Arg1-PPT: thing discovered (vnrole: 35.6-Theme)
Example: transitive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: gerund
Back then , scientists-1 had no way of [*]-1 ferreting out specific genes , but under a microscope they could see the 23 pairs of chromosomes in the cells that [*T*-1]contain the genes .
Arg0: [*]
Rel: [ ferreting] [ out]
Arg1: specific genes