Predicate: thumb
thumb: Frames file for 'thumb' based on sentences in wsj.
Roleset id: thumb.01 , look through idly, vncls: 35.5, framnet:
thumb.01: Member of Vncls rummage-35.5.
Roles:
Arg0: thumber (vnrole: 35.5-agent)
Arg1: thing looked through (vnrole: 35.5-location)
Example: ho hum
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
John thumbed through the dictionary, hoping to find a word he
didn't already know.
Arg0: John
Rel: thumbed
Arg1: through the dictionary
Argm-prp: hoping to find a word he didn't already know
Roleset id: thumb.02 , make a rude gesture, vncls: , framnet:
thumb.02: No Vncls.
Roles:
Arg0: maker of gesture
Arg1: nose
Arg2: at whom
Example: ha! take that!
person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The North Texas Chevy Dealers recently had a record sales month
after the debut of ad campaign that *trace* thumbs its nose at
elite Easterners.
Arg0: *trace* (= that)
Argm-slc: that -> ad campaign
Rel: thumbs
Arg1: its nose
Arg2: at elite Easterners