Predicate: chisel

chisel: Frames file for 'chisel' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 26.1.

Roleset id: chisel.01 , use a chisel to build something, vncls: 26.1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: builder (vnrole: 26.1-agent)
        Arg1: construction (vnrole: 26.1-product)
        Arg2: material, start state (vnrole: 26.1-material)
        Arg4: end state of arg1 (vnrole: 26.1-product)

Example: weird example

        I'm taking the 'fitting reality' as an end state of the dreams. Like I said, a weird example.
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: infinitive

        Looking leaner than he has in a while, the younger Mr. Bridges's
        Jack is sexy and cynical and a far sadder case than Frank, who
        [*T*-1]'s managed [*-20] to chisel his dreams [*-2] to fit reality
        without feeling too cheated.

        Argm-rcl: who -> Frank
        Arg0: [*T*-1]
        Rel: chisel
        Arg1: his dreams
        Arg4: [*-2] to fit reality
        Argm-mnr: without feeling too cheated

Example: more clearly building

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

        John chiseled a perfect portrait of Mary out of a block of ice.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: chiseled
        Arg1: a perfect portrait of Mary
        Arg2: out of a block of ice