Predicate: scrounge

Roleset id: scrounge.01 , to obtain with some difficulty, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

scrounge.01: SCROUNGE-V NOTES: Member of Vncls hunt-35.1. Updated by Julia, 11/2010. (from scrounge.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
scrounge (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: scrounger, agent (vnrole: 35.1-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing obtained (vnrole: 35.1-Theme)

Example: transitive

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

        And some grain analysts are predicting that corn prices might gyrate this month as exporters scrounge [*-1] to find enough of the crop to meet their obligations to the Soviets .

        Arg0: exporters
        Rel: scrounge
        Arg1: [*-1] to find enough of the crop to meet their obligations to the Soviets

Example: prepositional Arg1

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

        The man who wore out his shoes wandering around Guadalajara in 1958 , describing in his travel book `` Viaje a la Alcarria '' how-2 he scrounged for food and stayed in squalid inns [*T*-2] , now tours Spain in a Rolls-Royce .

        Arg0: he
        Rel: scrounged
        Arg1: for food
        Argm-mnr: [*T*-2]