Predicate: pierce
pierce: Frames file for 'pierce' based on sentences in brown.
Roleset id: pierce.01 , poke a hole in, go through such a hole, vncls: 19, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: piercer (vnrole: 19-agent)
Arg1: material pierced (vnrole: 19-destination)
Arg2: instrument, if arg0 is agent and also present (vnrole: 19-instrument)
Arg3: what's on other side of material
Example: weird usage with arg3
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: gerund
Ever since he had first begun to study music and to teach it,
Rousseau-1 had dreamed of [*]-1 piercing through to fame as the result of
a successful opera.
Arg0: [*]
Rel: piercing
Arg3: through to fame
Argm-cau: as the result of a successful opera
Example: passive
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
It-1 was pierced [*-1] by a wagon gate built of two wings.
Rel: pierced
Arg1: [*-1]
Arg0: by a wagon gate built of two wings