Predicate: shy_away
shy_away: Frames file for 'shy away' based on sentences in wsj.
Roleset id: shy.01 , avoid in fear, vncls: , framnet: -
shy.01: No Verbnet entry.
Roles:
Treebank treats the "shy away from X" in at least four different
parsings. You'll often have to pick things apart.
Arg0: avoider
Arg1: thing avoided
Example: oddly intransitive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: full
``If someone actually sat down and thought about what they were
being sold ,'' says Gerald Perritt, editor of the Mutual Fund
Letter in Chicago, they might shy away.
Argm-adv: If someone actually sat down and thought about what they were being sold
Arg0: they
Argm-mod: might
Rel: [ shy] [ away]
Example: shy away from
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The scare over Alar, a growth regulator that makes apples redder
and crunchier but may be carcinogenic, made consumers shy away
from the Delicious, though they were less affected than the
McIntosh.
Arg0: consumers
Rel: [ shy] [ away]
Arg1: from the Delicious
Argm-adv: though they were less affected than the McIntosh