Frameset - tread-v

Predicate: tread

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

Roleset id: tread.01 , to step through, create footstep in something, vncls: 21.2-2, framnet: Self_motion

tread.01: Vncls carve-21.2-2

Roles:

Arg0: entity treading (vnrole: 21.2-2-agent)
Arg1: entity tread (usually water) (vnrole: 21.2-2-patient)

Example: transitive

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

        When traders see the Fed is in the exchange market it may make them tread a little carefully , for fear of what the central bank may do [*T*-2] .

        Arg0: them
        Rel: tread
        Argm-mnr: a little carefully
        Argm-cau: for fear of what the central bank may do [*T*-2]

Example:

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

        They-1 learn how-2 *PRO*-1 to tread water and do the dead man float *T*-2 and they have to pass that in order to continue on .

        Arg0: *PRO*-1
        Rel: tread
        Arg1: water
        Argm-mnr: *T*-2