Predicate: tread

Roleset id: tread.01 , to step through, create footstep in something, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

tread.01: TREAD-V NOTES: Vncls carve-21.2-2 (from tread.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
tread (v.)Self_motion

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: entity treading (vnrole: 21.2-2-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: entity tread (usually water) (vnrole: 21.2-2-Patient)

Example: transitive

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

        When traders see the Fed is in the exchange market it may make them tread a little carefully , for fear of what the central bank may do [*T*-2] .

        Arg0: them
        Rel: tread
        Argm-mnr: a little carefully
        Argm-cau: for fear of what the central bank may do [*T*-2]

Example:

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

        They-1 learn how-2 *PRO*-1 to tread water and do the dead man float *T*-2 and they have to pass that in order to continue on .

        Arg0: *PRO*-1
        Rel: tread
        Arg1: water
        Argm-mnr: *T*-2