Predicate: excavate

excavate: Frames file for 'excavate' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 35.2.

Roleset id: excavate.01 , dig a big hole, vncls: 35.2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: excavator, digger (vnrole: 35.2-Agent)
        Arg1: hole (vnrole: 35.2-Location)

Example: intransitive

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

        The city's mayor vowed to take legal action against developers who
        *trace* had been excavating at the crest of the hill.

        Arg0: *trace*
        ArgM-RCL: who -> developers
        Rel: excavating
        ArgM-LOC: at the crest of the hill

Example: passive

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

        Before the Gutfreunds finally left this unfriendly environment for
        a prodigious duplex on Fifth Avenue and an 18th-century mansion with a
        specially excavated $1 million garage in Paris, the Postels had
        obtained an injunction to prevent any future hoisting of trees, and in
        a neighborly spirit hit both the Gutfreunds and the building with a
        $35 million lawsuit.

        ArgM-MNR: specially
        Rel: excavated
        Arg1: garage