Predicate: dig

Roleset id: dig.01 , turn over, remove soil, vncls: 19 26.4-1 35.1, framnet: -

dig.01: Based on WSJ. Member of VNcls poke-19, create-26.4-1, hunt-35.1.

Roles:

        Arg0: digger, agent (vnrole: 26.4-1-agent, 19-agent, 35.1-agent)
        Arg1: thing dug (for) (vnrole: 26.4-1-product, 19-destination, 35.1-theme)
        Arg2: instrument (vnrole: 19-instrument)

Example: intransitive

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        CORPORATE DOWNSIZING digs deeper .

        Arg0: CORPORATE DOWNSIZING
        Rel: digs
        Argm-mnr: deeper

Example: dig for

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

        `` If you can use data to reconstruct what happened in the past , you have much more confidence in predictions for the future , '' said Lonnie Thompson , a research scientist at Ohio State who-3 [*T*-3] dug for [*RNR*-1] and analyzed [*RNR*-1] [the ice samples]-1 .

        Arg0: [*T*-3] (= who)
        Argm-slc: who -> a research scientis at Ohio State
        Rel: dug
        Arg1: for [*RNR*-1]

Example: with adverbials

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

        They-1 just keep [*-1] digging me in deeper until I reach the point where I give up and go away . ''

        Arg0: [*-1]
        Rel: digging
        Arg1: me
        Argm-dir: in
        Argm-mnr: deeper
        Argm-tmp: until I reach the point where I give up and go away

Example: the hole

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        Minneapolis cop dug a hole for himself in shovel dustup

        Arg0: Minneapolis cop
        Rel: dug
        Arg1: a hole
        Argm-gol: for himself
        Argm-loc: in shovel dustup


Predicate: dig_up

Roleset id: dig.02 , to excavate, turn up, vncls: 35.1, framnet: -

dig.02: See VNcls hunt-35.1.

Roles:

        Arg0: digger, agent (vnrole: 35.1-agent)
        Arg1: entity turned up (vnrole: 35.1-theme)

Example: transitive

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

        Police suspect that the criminals , who-1 [*T*-1] dig up the plants in the dead of night , are selling them to nurseries or landscapers .

        Arg0: [*T*-1] (= who)
        Argm-slc: who -> the criminals
        Rel: [ dig] [ up]
        Arg1: the plants
        Argm-tmp: in the dead of night


Predicate: dig_out

Roleset id: dig.03 , to remove, vncls: 35.1, framnet: -

dig.03: See VNcls hunt-35.1.

Roles:

        Arg0: digger, agent (vnrole: 35.1-agent)
        Arg1: entity removed (vnrole: 35.1-theme)

Example: transitive

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

        Days later , the thieves returned and dug out more .

        Arg0: the thieves
        Rel: [ dug] [ out]
        Arg1: more