Predicate: pry

Roleset id: pry.01 , pull loose with some difficulty, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

pry.01: PRY-V NOTES: Frames file for 'pry' based on sentences in wsj. (from pry.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
pry (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: agent, pry-er
        Arg1-PPT: thing pried
        Arg2-PRD: end state/attribute of arg1

Example: lexical error

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

        And [*] try plying [sic]new dollars free in a market that is softening, hurt by a strong dollar and concerned about overcapacity -- the industry's Darth Vadar.

        Arg0: [*]
        Rel: plying
        Arg1: new dollars
        Arg2: free
        Argm-loc: in a market that is softening, hurt by a strong dollar and concerned about overcapacity -- the industry's Darth Vadar

Example: oddly intransitive

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

        Then he looked at his finger, at the wrinkled, heavy knuckle and the thick nail he-1 used like a knife [*]-1 to pry up, slit, and open.

        Arg0: [*]
        Rel: pry
        Arg2: up

Roleset id: pry.02 , look at, illicitly, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

pry.02: PRY-V NOTES: Frames file for 'pry' based on sentences in wsj. (from pry.02-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
pry (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: looker
        Arg1-PPT: looked at

Example: your prying eyes

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        They surged around him, fingers pointing, eyes prying.

        Arg0: eyes
        Rel: prying

Example: with sight

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

        He would tell her-1 [*-1] not to pry into grownups' affairs -- as though she were a little kid like Elena!

        Arg0: [*-1]
        Argm-neg: not
        Rel: pry
        Arg1: into grownups' affairs