Roleset scrape.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "remove by scraping":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, scraper


Arg1:thing removed


Arg2:source


Arg3:instrument

Examples:

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


all args (-)
John scraped Mary's burnt birthday cake from the pan with a spatula.
Arg0:	John
REL:	scraped
Arg1:	Mary's burnt birthday cake
Arg2-from:	the pan
Arg3-with:	a spatula

Roleset scrape.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "collect with difficulty":

Roles:

Arg0:collector


Arg1:thing collected


Arg2:quasi-phrasal attribute of arg1


Arg3:source

Examples:

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


oddly intransitive (-)
``To ring for even one service at this tower, we have *trace* to scrape,'' says Mr. Hammond, a retired water-authority worker.
Arg0:	*trace* -> we
REL:	scrape

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


clearer example (-)
John scraped together $1.16 from coins in the sofa.
Arg0:	John
REL:	scraped
Arg2:	together
Arg1:	$1.16
Arg3-from:	coins in the sofa

'Together' could be replaced by 'up'. Doing this allows us to avoid a proliferation of nearly-identical phrasal variants.