Predicate: wring

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

Roleset id: wring.01 , twist (a body part) emotionally, vncls: 40.3.2 20, framnet: Manipulation

wring.01: Member of Vncls crane-40.3.2, touch-20-1.

Roles:

        Arg0: twister (vnrole: 40.3.2-agent, 20-agent)
        Arg1: twisted (vnrole: 40.3.2-patient, 20-experiencer)

Example: both args

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

        Tuesday's earthquake brought the San Francisco ad scene to a
        screeching halt yesterday, with [only a few staffers]-1 showing up at
        their offices, [*-1] mainly to survey the damage or to wring their
        hands about imminent new-business presentations.

        Arg0: [*-1]
        Argm-mnr: mainly
        Rel: wring
        Arg1: their hands
        Argm-cau: about imminent new-business presentations

Roleset id: wring.02 , remove liquid from, by twisting, vncls: 10.4.1 9.3 20, framnet: Manipulation

wring.02: Member of Vncls funnel-9.3-2, touch-20-1, wipe_manner-10.4.1.

Roles:

        There are a variety of ways to handle the 'out of'; Treebank chooses among them, almost always incorrectly. Do what you have to do. (Really, it should be a PP.)
        Arg0: remover (vnrole: 9.3-agent, 10.4.1-agent, 20-agent)
        Arg1: liquid (vnrole: 9.3-theme, 10.4.1-theme, 20-experiencer)
        Arg2: source; rag etc (vnrole: 10.4.1-source)

Example: badly parsed

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

        In a speech prepared for delivery to London's financial community,
        Mr. Lawson summed up current economic policy as a battle [*] to
        wring inflation out of the British economy, using high interest
        rates as ``the essential instrument'' to carry out the campaign.

        Arg0: [*]
        Rel: wring
        Arg1: inflation
        Arg2: out of the British economy
        Argm-mnr: using high interest rates as ``the essential instrument'' to carry out the campaign


Predicate: wring_out

Roleset id: wring.03 , drain completely, vncls: , framnet:

wring.03: Be careful between this phrasal and wring.02 'remove' above. The best distinction is to see if the 'out' can move around--if it can, then you're dealing with a phrasal. If not, it's a PP.

Roles:

        Arg0: wringer
        Arg1: wrung

Example: bell wringer

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

        Cleaning the garage really wrung John out.

        Arg0: Cleaning the garage
        Argm-adv: really
        Rel: wrung out
        Arg1: John