Predicate: piercing

Roleset id: piercing.01 , Poking a hole through, vncls: 19, framnet:

piercing.01: pierce.01

Roles:

        Arg0: Piercer (vnrole: 19-agent)
        Arg1: Material pierced (vnrole: 19-destination)
        Arg2: Instrument (vnrole: 19-instrument)
        Arg3: What's on the other side of material

Example: metaphorical

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        This story is the tale of the almost super-human will and genius of just one man, Ferdinand de Lesseps, who by his piercing of the Suez Isthmus joined East to West and brought life to the desert.

        Arg0: his
        Rel: piercing
        Arg1: of the Suez Isthmus

Example: Arg0,1, medical example

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        While Cooper's scientific achievements are real--he won the Royal Society's top award of the Copley Medal for his piercing of the tympanic membrane--the lasting interest his life holds comes from the way he tackled experiences most people found too disgusting to contemplate.

        Arg0: his
        Rel: piercing
        Arg1: of the tympanic membrane