Predicate: ply

ply: Frames file for 'ply' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 13.4.2.

Roleset id: ply.01 , supply with, vncls: 13.4.2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: provider (vnrole: 13.4.2-agent)
        Arg1: entity getting stuff (vnrole: 13.4.2-recipient)
        Arg2: stuff (vnrole: 13.4.2-theme)

Example: like a sailor on shore leave

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

        Mary plied John with chocolate and Kool-aid.

        Arg0: Mary
        Rel: plied
        Arg1: John
        Arg2: with chocolate and Kool-aid

Roleset id: ply.02 , work at some business/trade/skill, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: worker
        Arg1: business/trade/skill

Example: typical usage

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        She concedes that such a position is ``unfair'' to the thousands
        of conscientious and qualified people plying the trade, but as a
        consumer advocate she feels impelled to take it.

        Arg0: the thousands of conscientious and qualified people
        Rel: plying
        Arg1: the trade

Roleset id: ply.03 , typo for pry, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, pry-er
        Arg1: thing pried
        Arg2: end state/attribute of arg1

Example: lexical error

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

        And [*] try plying new dollars free in a market that is softening,
        hurt by a strong dollar and concerned about overcapacity -- the
        industry's Darth Vadar.

        Arg0: [*]
        Rel: plying
        Arg1: new dollars
        Arg2: free
        Argm-loc: in a market that is softening, hurt by a strong dollar and concerned about overcapacity -- the industry's Darth Vadar