Predicate: grip

grip: Frames file for 'grip' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 15.1, Framenet entry Manipulation.

Roleset id: grip.01 , hold tight, vncls: 15.1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: holder (vnrole: 15.1-Agent)
        Arg1: thing held (vnrole: 15.1-Theme)
        Arg2: benefactive
        Arg3: secondary attribute of thing held

Example: nice and simple

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

        Chinese leader Deng told former President Nixon that the U.S. was
        deeply involved in ``the turmoil and counterrevolutionary
        rebellion'' that *trace* gripped Beijing last spring.

        Arg0: *trace*
        ArgM-RCL: that -> ``the turmoil and counterrevolutionary rebellion''
        Rel: gripped
        Arg1: Beijing
        ArgM-TMP: last spring

Example: heavy-NP movement, or something like that

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

        They note that when an unexpectedly sharp widening in the
        U.S. trade gap in August was reported earlier this month, hopes
        for a sustained narrowing of the trade deficit were dashed and
        sentiment gripped the market that the U.S. economy was losing its
        momentum.

        Arg0: [ sentiment ] [ that the U.S. economy was losing its momentum]
        Rel: gripped
        Arg1: the market