Predicate: gnaw
Roleset id: gnaw.01 , bite, chew on, vncls: 39.2-1, framnet: -
gnaw.01: Based on Brown. Member of VNcls chew-39.2-1.
Roles:
Arg0: gnawer (vnrole: 39.2-1-agent)
Arg1: thing chewed (vnrole: 39.2-1-patient)
Example: with PP
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Clumps of brush that they passed were [so many enchained demons]-1 straining in anger [*-1] to tear [*RNR*-2] and gnaw on [*RNR*-2] [his bones]-2 .
Arg0: [*-1]
Rel: gnaw
Arg1: on [*RNR*-2]
Roleset id: gnaw.02 , to cause persistent worry or pain, vncls: 39.2-1, framnet:
gnaw.02: Based on Brown. See VNcls chew-39.2-1.
Roles:
Arg0: causer (vnrole: 39.2-1-agent)
Arg1: gnawed at (vnrole: 39.2-1-patient)
Example: gnaw at
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Day by day , week by week , month by month , the betrayal gnawed at Andrei 's heart .
Arg0: the betrayal
Rel: gnawed
Arg1: at Andrei 's heart