pluck-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: pick or pull out sharply to gather or remove

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[agent] PLUCK NP2[patient[concrete]] (PP[locative])

Examples:
She plucked flowers in the garden.
Please pluck the chickens for dinner tonight.
The teacher plucked a pen from the case and started writing
frantically.
The hawk plucked the field mouse from the road.

Mappings:
VerbNet: braid-41.2.2,get-13.5.1,wipe_manner-10.4.1-1
FrameNet: Removing,Grooming
PropBank: pluck.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 5, 6

Sense Number 2: pull lightly as strings on an instrument

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[agent] PLUCK NP2[patient[concrete]] Includes: PLUCK AT
NOTE: Compare to sense 1. In this sense, the NP2 (thing being plucked) does not get removed from it's location.

Examples:
The musician plucked the strings of his mandolin.
Arrie plucked at the loose threads on her dress.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
pluck_at 1

Sense Number 3: buy or sell in an underhanded manner; overprice; rip off

Examples:
Mark was a salesman who plucked you for all you had.
The dealer plucked these designer bags off the streets of Prague.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3