Frameset - pry-v

Predicate: pry

pry: Frames file for 'pry' based on sentences in wsj.

Roleset id: pry.01 , pull loose with some difficulty, 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 [sic] 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

Example: oddly intransitive

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

        Then he looked at his finger, at the wrinkled, heavy knuckle and the
        thick nail he-1 used like a knife [*]-1 to pry up, slit, and open.

        Arg0: [*]
        Rel: pry
        Arg2: up

Roleset id: pry.02 , look at, illicitly, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

Arg0: looker
Arg1: looked at

Example: your prying eyes

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

        They surged around him, fingers pointing, eyes prying.

        Arg0: eyes
        Rel: prying

Example: with sight

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

        He would tell her-1 [*-1] not to pry into grownups' affairs -- as
        though she were a little kid like Elena!

        Arg0: [*-1]
        Argm-NEG: not
        Rel: pry
        Arg1: into grownups' affairs