Predicate: bludgeon

bludgeon: Frames file for 'bludgeon' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 18.3.

Roleset id: bludgeon.01 , hit hard, vncls: 18.3, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, hitter - animate only! (vnrole: 18.3-Agent)
        Arg1: thing hit (vnrole: 18.3-Patient)
        Arg2: instrument, thing hit by or with (vnrole: 18.3-Instrument)

Example: active, no instrument

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

        So far, [Wall Street's Old Guard]*-3 seems [*-1] to be winning the
        program-trading battle, [*-2] successfully mobilizing public and
        congressional opinion [*-3] to bludgeon their tormentors.

        Arg0: [*-3]
        Rel: bludgeon
        Arg1: their tormentors

Example: passive, no instrument

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

        First Interstate said [the unit]-2, bludgeoned *trace*-2 by Arizona's
        worsening real-estate woes, will have a $174 million loss for the
        quarter.

        Rel: bludgeoned
        Arg1: *trace*-2
        Arg0: by Arizona's worsening real-estate woes

Example: with instrument

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

        Mary bludgeoned John with a two-by-four.

        Arg0: Mary
        Rel: bludgeoned
        Arg1: John
        Arg2: with a two-by-four