Predicate: shear
Roleset id: shear.01 , slice off, as with scissors, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
shear.01: SHEAR-V NOTES: Member of Vncls wipe_instr-10.4.2-1. (from shear.01-v)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| shear (v.) | | |
| shearing (n.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: agent of cutting (vnrole: 10.4.2-1-Agent)
Arg1-PPT: thing cut, smaller piece (vnrole: 10.4.2-1-Theme)
Arg2-DIR: whole, source (vnrole: 10.4.2-1-Initial_Location)
Arg3-MNR: instrument (vnrole: 10.4.2-1-Instrument)
Example: the one example
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
One old building, the Golden State Bank Building on Front Street, had [its yellow brick facade]-1 sheared [*-1]off by the shock of the quake, leaving a wedge of its third floor open to the air, while piles of dusty bricks tumbled to the street below narrowly missing rush-hour pedestrians and cars.
Rel: sheared
Argm-prd: off
Arg1: [*-1]
Arg3: by the shock of the quake
Argm-adv: leaving a wedge of its third floor open to the air, while piles of dusty bricks tumbled to the street below narrowly missing rush-hour pedestrians and cars
Example: ARG0 and ARG2
Rodney Sutton broke a seven - year - old world record by shearing 839 lambs in nine hours .
Arg0: Rodney Sutton
Rel: shearing
Arg2: 839 lambs
Argm-tmp: in nine hours