Predicate: prod
prod: Frames file for 'prod' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
corpus.
Roleset id: prod.01 , to urge on, metaphorically or literally poking, vncls: 59 20-1, framnet:
prod.01: VN classes force-59, touch-20-1.
Roles:
Arg0: causer (vnrole: 59-agent, 20-1-agent)
Arg1: entity urged (vnrole: 59-patient, 20-1-experiencer)
Arg2: action (vnrole: 59-proposition)
Example: all arguments
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: perfect, voice: active, form: participle
The Sept. 30 end of the federal fiscal year may have prodded contractors to get any behind-schedule road and bridge construction under way `` before the clock ran out , '' Mr. Christie said [0] [*T*-1] , [*-2] referring to threatened 5 % across-the-board budget cuts .
Arg0: The Sept. 30 end of the federal fiscal year
Argm-mod: may
Rel: prodded
Arg1: contractors
Arg2: to get any behind-schedule road and bridge construction under way `` before the clock ran out
Example: prepositional Arg2
person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Still , he says [0] [*T*-1] , `` it 's no bad thing '' if all the marketing prods people into [*-2] putting aside a little more .
Arg0: all the marketing
Rel: prods
Arg1: people
Arg2: into [*-2] putting aside a little more