Predicate: tear

tear: Frames file for 'tear' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: tear.01 , to pull apart, separate forcefully, vncls: 23.2 45.1 40.8.3-1-1, framnet: Damaging Experience_bodily_harm Cause_to_fragment

tear.01: Member of Vncls break-45.1, hurt-40.8.3-1-1, split-23.2.

Roles:

        Arg0: puller, tearer, separator, agent (vnrole: 23.2-agent, 45.1-agent, 40.8.3-1-1-experiencer)
        Arg1: thing torn (vnrole: 23.2-patient1, 45.1-patient, 40.8.3-1-1-patient)
        Arg2: torn between/from/out (vnrole: 23.2-patient2)

Example: torn out

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        Republican Sen. William Cohen of Maine , the panel 's vice chairman , said of the disclosure that `` [a text]-1 torn [*]-1 out of context is a pretext ... ''

        Rel: torn
        Arg1: [*]-1
        Arg2: out of context

Example: torn between

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        Further , [the Herald]-1 seemed * torn [*-1] editorially between keeping its old-time Hearst readership -- blue-collar and sports-oriented -- and trying to provide a sprightly , upscale alternative to the sometimes staid Times .

        Rel: torn
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Argm-mnr: editorially
        Arg2: between keeping its old-time Hearst readership -- blue-collar and sports-oriented -- and trying to provide a sprightly , upscale alternative to the sometimes staid Times

Example: with direction

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        With Garpian randomness , a hotel across the street , the Amfac , had been hit harder : [A large sheet of its concrete facade and several window balconies]-2 were torn [*-2] away .

        Rel: torn
        Arg1: [*-2]
        Argm-dir: away

Example: all args

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


        Arg0: John
        Rel: tore
        Arg1: all the pages
        Arg2: out of Mary's cookbooks
        Argm-cau: because she kept setting the kitchen on fire

Roleset id: tear.02 , to rush, move hurriedly, vncls: 51.3.2, framnet:

tear.02: Member of Vncls run-51.3.2.

Roles:

        Arg0: entity rushing (vnrole: 51.3.2-theme)
        Arg1: direction/location (vnrole: 51.3.2-location)

Example: tear through

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

        A series of explosions tore through the huge Phillips Petroleum Co. plastics plant near here , [*] injuring more than a hundred and closing parts of the Houston Ship Channel .

        Arg0: A series of explosions
        Rel: tore
        Arg1: through the huge Phillips Petroleum Co. plastics plant near here
        Argm-adv: [*] injuring more than a hundred and closing parts of the Houston Ship Channel

Roleset id: tear.03 , to fill with tears, vncls: , framnet:

tear.03: No Vncls.

Roles:

        Arg1: entity filled with tears

Example: eyes tearing

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

        [*-1] Having resided in the great state of California for the past seven years , I find it [*EXP*-3] hard [*] to ignore our environmental problems when I start my commute to work with eyes tearing [*RNR*-2] and head aching [*RNR*-2] from the polluted air [*T*-4] ; when I try [*-6] to enjoy the beaches and come home [*-6] covered [*-8] with tar and oil [*T*-5] ; when I hear of numerous deaths related [*] to irresponsible processing of cheese and use of chemicals in fruit growing [*T*-7] .

        Arg1: eyes
        Rel: tearing


Predicate: tear_up

Roleset id: tear.04 , to tear to pieces, vncls: , framnet: Cause_to_fragment

Roles:

        Arg0: tearer
        Arg1: entity torn

Example: transitive

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

        On Aug. 1 , the state tore up its controls , and food prices leaped .

        Argm-tmp: On Aug. 1
        Arg0: the state
        Rel: [ tore] [ up]
        Arg1: its controls


Predicate: tear_down

Roleset id: tear.05 , to demolish, take apart, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: demolisher, agent
        Arg1: entity torn

Example: transitive

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: infinitive

        Witnesses shout , scream , pontificate : `` ... a dream that the planet could be saved [*-1] from itself and from the sadistic dumb creatures who-2 [*T*-2]-4 try [*-4] to tear down every decent man who [*T*-3] raises his voice . ''

        Arg0: [*-4] (= who)
        Argm-slc: who -> the sadistic dumb creatures
        Rel: [ tear] [ down]
        Arg1: every decent man who [*T*-3] raises his voice