Predicate: shear
shear: Frames file for 'shear_off' based on sentences in wsj.
Roleset id: shear.01 , slice off, as with scissors, vncls: 10.4.2, framnet: -
shear.01: Member of Vncls wipe_instr-10.4.2-1.
Roles:
Arg0: agent of cutting (vnrole: 10.4.2-agent)
Arg1: thing cut, smaller piece (vnrole: 10.4.2-theme)
Arg2: whole, source (vnrole: 10.4.2-source)
Arg3: instrument (vnrole: 10.4.2-instrument)
Example: the one example
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
One old building, the Golden State Bank Building on Front Street,
had [its yellow brick facade]-1 sheared [*-1] off by the shock of the
quake, leaving a wedge of its third floor open to the air, while
piles of dusty bricks tumbled to the street below narrowly missing
rush-hour pedestrians and cars.
Rel: sheared
Argm-prd: off
Arg1: [*-1]
Arg3: by the shock of the quake
Argm-adv: leaving a wedge of its third floor open to the air, while piles of dusty bricks tumbled to the street below narrowly missing rush-hour pedestrians and cars
Example: with agent and whole
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
John sheared the top off the chocolate cake.
Arg0: John
Rel: sheared
Arg1: the top
Arg2: off the chocolate cake