Predicate: ruffle

ruffle: Frames file for 'ruffle' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 31.1.

Roleset id: ruffle.01 , cause consternation, vncls: 31.1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of consternation (vnrole: 31.1-cause)
        Arg1: victim (vnrole: 31.1-experiencer)

Example: passive

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

        [Chicken Chains]-1 Ruffled [*-1] By Loss of Customers

        Rel: Ruffled
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Arg0: By Loss of Customers

Roleset id: ruffle.02 , cause to be not smooth, vncls: , framnet:

ruffle.02: Except for the feathers thing, these two senses are going to be very difficult to disambiguate.

Roles:

        Arg0: unsmoother
        Arg1: unsmooth thing

Example: arg1 usually feathers

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        This is a fact -- though, in view of all the feathers that [*T*-9]-8
        are ruffled [*-8] by this fact, it is not surprising that one
        hears so little about it.

        Rel: ruffled
        Arg1: [*-8]
        Argm-rcl: that -> all the feathers
        Arg0: by this fact