Predicate: shred
Roleset id: shred.01 , turn wide flat object into small flat objects, vncls: 21.2-1 45.1, framnet: Grinding , Cause_to_fragment
shred.01: Based on WSJ. Member of Vncls carve-21.2-1, break-45.1. Updated by Julia, 11/2010.
Roles:
Reserve instrument for cases only when there is also an agent present
in the sentence.
Arg0: shredder (vnrole: 21.2-1-agent, 45.1-agent)
Arg1: thing shredded, whole (vnrole: 21.2-1-patient, 45.1-patient)
Arg2: instrument (vnrole: 21.2-1-instrument, 45.1-instrument)
Arg3: pieces
Example: simple transitive
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
They shredded it simply because it contained financial information
about their creditors and depositors.''
Arg0: They
Rel: shredded
Arg1: it
Argm-cau: simply because it contained financial information about their creditors and depositors
Example: all args
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Mary shredded John's dissertation into a gazillion pieces with a
chainsaw.
Arg0: Mary
Rel: shredded
Arg1: John's dissertation
Arg3: into a gazillion pieces
Arg2: with a chainsaw