Predicate: peck
peck: Frames file for 'peck' based on sentences in wsj.
Roleset id: peck.01 , take away bit by bit (like a bird eating), vncls: 39.2, framnet: -
peck.01: Member of VNcls chew-39.2-1.
Roles:
Arg0: pecker (vnrole: 39.2-agent)
Arg1: thing pecked at (vnrole: 39.2-patient)
Example: not really eating
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
They peck away at the 1 1/2-mile section of rubble, searching for
more of the 250 people thought to have died here.
Arg0: They
Rel: peck
Argm-adv: away
Arg1: at the 1 1/2-mile section of rubble
Argm: searching for more of the 250 people thought to have died here
Roleset id: peck.02 , hit with beak, vncls: 20 18.2, framnet: -
peck.02: Member of VNcls touch-20-1, swat-18.2.
Roles:
Arg0: hitter, bird (vnrole: 18.2-agent, 20-agent)
Arg1: thing hit (vnrole: 18.2-patient, 20-experiencer)
Arg2: beak (vnrole: 18.2-instrument, 20-instrument)
Arg3: end state of arg1
Example: everything except beak
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
John's parakeet nearly pecked him to death.
Arg0: John's parakeet
Argm-adv: nearly
Rel: pecked
Arg1: him
Arg3: to death