Predicate: screech

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

Roleset id: screech.01 , (cause to) emit noise, vncls: 43.2, framnet: Motion_noise , Make_noise , Friction

screech.01: Member of Vncls sound_emission-43.2. Updated by Julia, 11/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer (vnrole: 43.2-agent)
        Arg1: thing screeching (vnrole: 43.2-theme)

Example: awful noise

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

        The chalk screeched on the blackboard.

        Arg1: The chalk
        Rel: screeched
        Argm-loc: on the blackboard

Example: with agent

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

        John screeched the chalk on the blackboard.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: screeched
        Arg1: the chalk
        Argm-loc: on the blackboard

Roleset id: screech.02 , stop, vncls: , framnet: Motion_noise , Make_noise , Friction

screech.02: Member of Vncls sound_emission-43.2. Updated by Julia, 11/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: agent
        Arg1: thing stopping
        Arg2: explicit mention of stop

Example: almost fixed phrase

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

        The sales recovery screeched to a halt this month, some analysts
        say.

        Arg1: The sales recovery
        Rel: screeched
        Arg2: to a halt
        Argm-tmp: this month

Example: with agent

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

        He screeched the car to a halt amid several piles of snow.

        Arg0: He
        Rel: screeched
        Arg1: the car
        Arg2: to a halt
        Argm-loc: amid several piles of snow

Roleset id: screech.03 , say, yell in a screeching manner, vncls: 37.3 38, framnet: Communication_noise

screech.03: Member of Vncls animal_sounds-38, manner_speaking-37.3. Updated by Julia, 11/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: screechy speaker (vnrole: 37.3-agent, 38-agent)
        Arg1: Utterance (vnrole: 37.3-topic, 38-theme)
        Arg2: Hearer (vnrole: 37.3-recipient, 38-recipient)

Example: Transitive

        "Gawdamighty!"-1 One screeched *T*-1.

        Arg0: One
        Rel: screeched
        Arg1: *T*-1

Example: Transitive

        The woman screeched to her deaf husband "It's getting more crowded each day!"

        Arg0: The woman
        Rel: screeched
        Arg2: to her deaf husband
        Arg1: "It's getting more crowded each day!"