Predicate: peck

Roleset id: peck.01 , take away bit by bit (like a bird eating), Source: , vncls: , framnet:

peck.01: PECK-V NOTES: Member of VNcls chew-39.2-1. (from peck.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
peck (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: pecker (vnrole: 39.2-1-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing pecked at (vnrole: 39.2-1-patient)

Example: not really eating

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        They peck away at the 1 1/2-mile section of rubble, searching for more of the 250 people thought to have died here.

        Arg0: They
        Rel: peck
        Argm-adv: away
        Arg1: at the 1 1/2-mile section of rubble
        Argm: searching for more of the 250 people thought to have died here

Roleset id: peck.02 , hit with beak, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

peck.02: PECK-V NOTES: Member of VNcls touch-20-1, swat-18.2. (from peck.02-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
peck (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: hitter, bird (vnrole: 18.2-agent, 20-1-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing hit (vnrole: 18.2-patient, 20-1-experiencer)
        Arg2-MNR: beak (vnrole: 18.2-instrument, 20-1-instrument)
        Arg3-PRD: end state of arg1

Example: everything except beak

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

        John's parakeet nearly pecked him to death.

        Arg0: John's parakeet
        Argm-adv: nearly
        Rel: pecked
        Arg1: him
        Arg3: to death