Predicate: scratch

scratch: Frames file for 'scratch' based on sentences in wsj and, loosely, automatic expansion via verbnet. Verbnet expansions don't look very good to me this time, though.

Roleset id: scratch.02 , cut shallowly, vncls: 21.1 40.8.3 18.2 10.4.1, framnet: Damaging

scratch.02: Member of Vncls cut-21.1-1, hurt-40.8.3-2, swat-18.2, wipe_manner-10.4.1-1.

Roles:

        I don't think arg2 'medium' will ever occur; it just doesn't sound natural to me.
        Arg0: cutter (vnrole: 21.1-agent, 40.8.3-experiencer, 18.2-agent, 10.4.1-agent)
        Arg1: thing cut (vnrole: 21.1-patient, 40.8.3-patient, 18.2-patient, 10.4.1-theme)
        Arg2: medium, source (vnrole: 10.4.1-source)
        Arg3: instrument (vnrole: 21.1-instrument, 18.2-instrument)

Example: semi-idiomatic

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

        While they can target some of the most obvious miscreants,
        enforcers concede that they are only scratching the surface.

        Arg0: they
        Argm-adv: only
        Rel: scratching
        Arg1: the surface

Example: kitchen disaster

        John scratched his hand with a butter knife.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: scratched
        Arg1: his hand
        Arg3: with a butter knife

Example: with arg2 source

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        John scratched the paint off of his fingernails.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: scratched
        Arg1: the paint
        Arg2: off of his fingernails

Roleset id: scratch.04 , search, vncls: 35.5, framnet: -

scratch.04: Member of Vncls rummage-35.5.

Roles:

        Arg0: searcher, scratcher (vnrole: 35.5-agent)
        Arg1: searched for (vnrole: 35.5-theme)

Example: both args

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: gerund

        He-1 seemed to like his new home, *pro*-1 scratching for worms where I'd pulled up the weeds.

        Arg0: *pro*-1
        Rel: scratching
        Arg1: for worms
        Argm-loc: where I'd pulled up the weeds


Predicate: scratch_out

Roleset id: scratch.01 , extract with difficulty, vncls: , framnet: -

scratch.01: Updated by Julia, 11/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: squeezer
        Arg1: extracted material (ie life)
        Arg2: source (ie, stony ground)

Example: args 1 and 2

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        The dogs have their day as a roughed-up Cleveland Indians finally scratch out a win.

        Arg0: a roughed-up Cleveland Indians
        Argm-tmp: finally
        Rel: [scratch] [out]
        Arg1: a win

Example: all args

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

        [fishery managers]-2 cannot possibly understand fishing without spending years trying *pro*-2 to scratch out a living from the sea.

        Arg0: *pro*-2
        Rel: [scratch] [out]
        Arg1: a living
        Arg2: from the sea

Roleset id: scratch.03 , manner of writing, vncls: 25.2, framnet: -

scratch.03: See Vncls scribble-25.2.

Roles:

        Arg0: writer (vnrole: 25.2-agent)
        Arg1: thing written (vnrole: 25.2-theme)
        Arg2: benefactive

Example: inkblot express

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

        At Lloyd's of London, underwriters still scratch out policies
        using fountain pens and blotting paper.

        Argm-loc: At Lloyd's of London
        Arg0: underwriters
        Argm-tmp: still
        Rel: [ scratch] [ out]
        Arg1: policies
        Argm-mnr: using fountain pens and blotting paper

Example: with benefactive

        John scratched out a picture of a rose for Mary.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: [scratched] [out]
        Arg1: a picture of a rose
        Arg2: for Mary