Predicate: devour
devour: Frames file for 'devour' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
No access to verbnet. I'd like to compare to 'eat', but that hasn't
been framed yet. Oh well.
Roleset id: devour.01 , eat ravenously, vncls: 39.4, framnet:
devour.01: This is the prototypical transitive verb.
Roles:
Arg0: eater (vnrole: 39.4-Agent)
Arg1: thing eaten (vnrole: 39.4-Patient)
Example: transitive
Yet our efforts are somehow less noble than those of an investment
expert studiously devouring press clippings on each company he
follows.
Arg0: an investment expert
ArgM-MNR: studiously
Rel: devouring
Arg1: press clippings on each company he follows