Predicate: gouge

Roleset id: gouge.01 , put deep grooves or scratches into a surface, vncls: 21.2-1, framnet: -

gouge.01: Based on Brown. Member of VNcls carve-21.2-1.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of gouges (vnrole: 21.2-1-agent)
        Arg1: surface (vnrole: 21.2-1-patient)

Example: adessive

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

        What had he thought of, to go to John, grovel and beg
        understanding? To confess with a canvas chair as a prie-dieu, [*-2]
        gouging at his heart until a rough and stupid hand bade him rise and
        go?

        Arg0: [*-2]
        Rel: gouging
        Arg1: at his heart
        Argm-tmp: until a rough and stupid hand bade him rise and go

Example: more commonly transitive

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

        Quickly but carefully lowering my duffel bag over the low
        side-rack, I stepped on the running board; it flopped down, sprang
        back up and gouged my shin.

        Arg0: it
        Rel: gouged
        Arg1: my shin

Roleset id: gouge.02 , extort money, swindle, vncls: , framnet: -

gouge.02: Based on Brown. No VNcls.

Roles:

        Arg0: petty crook
        Arg1: money
        Arg2: source

Example: the one example

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

        There I was, a retired wobbly and structural iron worker who [*T*-1] 'd never gouged a cent off a fellow worker in my thirty years in the movement.

        Arg0: [*T*-1] (= who)
        Argm-slc: who -> a retired wobbly and structural iron worker
        Rel: gouged
        Arg1: a cent
        Arg2: off a fellow worker
        Argm-tmp: in my thirty years in the movement