Predicate: wield

Roleset id: wield.01 , hold, brandish, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

wield.01: WIELD-V NOTES: Verbnet class hold-15.1, other members include 'hold'. (from wield.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
wield (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: holder (vnrole: 15.1-1-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing held (vnrole: 15.1-1-theme)
        Arg2-GOL: benefactive
        Arg3-PRD: secondary attribute of thing held

Example: transitive

        ...of the power that-2 [Dorrance family members]-1 intend *trace*-1 to wield *trace*-2 in reshaping the troubled food company.

        Arg0: *trace*-1 (= Dorrance family members)
        Rel: wield
        Arg1: *trace*-2 (= that)
        Argm-slc: that -> the power
        Argm-tmp: in reshaping the troubled food company

Example: ARG0 and ARG1 and ARG3

        What people admired most about Wang was his ability to wield the knife like a writing brush , carving lines that seemed free and flowing .

        Arg0: []
        Rel: wield
        Arg1: the knife
        Arg3: like a writing brush
        Argm-prd: carving lines that seemed free and flowing