Predicate: mar

mar: Frames file for 'mar' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry, Framenet entry Damaging.

Roleset id: mar.01 , damage slightly, vncls: , framnet:

mar.01: Only use arg2 when arg0 is also present.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of damage, agent
        Arg1: patient
        Arg2: instrument

Example: just transitive

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

        [The federal response to California's earthquake crisis]-1 was marred
        [*-1] by coast-to-coast name-calling between the White House and
        San Francisco's Mayor Art Agnos.

        Rel: marred
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Arg0: by coast-to-coast name-calling between the White House and San Francisco's Mayor Art Agnos

Example: with instrument

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

        John marred the finish on Mary's dining-room table with his
        muddy hobnailed boots.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: marred
        Arg1: the finish on Mary's dining-room table
        Arg2: with his muddy hobnailed boots