Predicate: sniff

sniff: Frames file for 'sniff' based on sentences in wsj and automatic expansion via verbnet.

Roleset id: sniff.01 , use the nose, smell, vncls: 30.3 30.2, framnet: Perception_active , Seeking , Ingest_substance

sniff.01: Member of VNcls peer-30.3, sight-30.2. Updated by Julia, 11/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: sniffer (vnrole: 30.3-experiencer, 30.2-experiencer)
        Arg1: thing sniffed (vnrole: 30.3-stimulus, 30.2-stimulus)

Example: didn't think this would actually occur

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

        ``Texans can sniff a phony a mile away,'' the narrator warns
        outsiders.

        Arg0: Texans
        Argm-mod: can
        Rel: sniff
        Arg1: a phony
        Argm-loc: a mile away

Roleset id: sniff.02 , mode of speaking, vncls: 40.2 37.1.1, framnet: -

sniff.02: Member of VNcls nonverbal_expression-40.2, transfer_mesg-37.1.1. Updated by Julia, 11/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: speaker (vnrole: 40.2-agent, 37.1.1-agent)
        Arg1: utterance (vnrole: 40.2-theme, 37.1.1-topic)
        Arg2: listener (vnrole: 40.2-recipient, 37.1.1-recipient)

Example: love this example

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

        [``She just wiggled her fanny and all the French fell in love with
        her,'']-1 sniffed *trace*-1 the literary world's Maria Jolas, not
        entirely inaccurately.

        Rel: sniffed
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg0: the literary world's Maria Jolas
        Argm-mnr: not entirely inaccurately


Predicate: sniff_out

Roleset id: sniff.03 , find, vncls: , framnet: -

sniff.03: No VNcls.

Roles:

        Arg0: finder
        Arg1: found

Example: seek and destroy

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

        Their stock in trade as ``executive producers'' is *trace*-1 sniffing out
        hot properties, locking them up and then getting big studios to
        bankroll and distribute them.

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: [ sniffing] [ out]
        Arg1: hot properties