Predicate: twitch

twitch: Frames file for 'twitch' based on sentences in wsj.

Roleset id: twitch.01 , (cause to) move spastically, vncls: 40.3.2 49, framnet: Body_movement

twitch.01: Member of Vncls crane-40.3.2, body_internal_motion-49. Updated by Julia, 11/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of motion (vnrole: 40.3.2-agent, 49-agent)
        Arg1: thing twitching (vnrole: 40.3.2-patient, 49-patient)

Example: ergative

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

        If positioned over the brain's motor-control area, the hand-held
        electromagnets generate nerve impulses that zip down motor nerves
        and activate muscles, making, say, a finger twitch.

        Arg1: a finger
        Rel: twitch

Example: I'm not a twitch, I'm your wife!

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

        John twitched his nose and made Mary disappear.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: twitched
        Arg1: his nose