Predicate: click

click: Frames file for 'click' based on sentences in wsj. VN classes hit-18.1, sound_emission-43.2, crane-40.3.2. Framenet entries Motion noise and Perception noise.

Roleset id: click.01 , (cause to) emit clicking sound, vncls: 43.2 18.1 40.3.2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of clicking noise (vnrole: 43.2-agent, 18.1-agent, 40.3.2-agent)
        Arg1: thing emitting clicks (vnrole: 43.2-theme, 18.1-patient, 40.3.2-patient)

Example: both args

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: perfect,  voice: active,  form: participle

        Several times, Chinese guards have pointed their automatic rifles
        at young children of U.S. diplomats and clicked the trigger.

        Argm-tmp: Several times
        Arg0: Chinese guards
        Rel: clicked
        Arg1: the trigger

Example: ergative

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

        John's alarm clock clicked loudly on his bedside stand.

        Arg1: John's alarm clock
        Rel: clicked
        Argm-mnr: loudly
        Argm-loc: on his bedside stand