Frameset

Predicate sneak:

Frames file for 'sneak' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entries run-51.3.2 send-11.1-1 steal-10.5, other framed members include climb, drift, jump, leap, run, speed (run class); return, transfer (send class); grab, lift, take (steal class).

Roleset sneak.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "move stealthily":

Roles:

Arg0:entity sneaking

Arg1:destination

Arg2:source

Arg3:surreptitious cargo

Examples:

no source (-)
`...they waited a few months and then sneaked back into it.`
Arg0:	they
ArgM-TMP:	then
REL:	sneaked
ArgM-DIR:	back
Arg1-into:	it

with source (-)
John sneaked from school to work.

Arg0: John

REL: sneaked

Arg2-from: school

Arg1-to: work

with source (-)
`John sneaked from school to work.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	sneaked
Arg2-from:	school
Arg1-to:	work

person: ns tense: ns aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle
with cargo (-)

British customs officers said they'd arrested eight men sneaking 111 rare snakes into Britain -- including one man who strapped a pair of boa constrictors under his armpits.

Arg0: eight men

REL: sneaking

Arg3: 111 rare snakes

Arg1-into: Britain

Argm-ADV: including one man who strapped a pair of boa constrictors under his armpits

with cargo (-)
`British customs officers said they'd arrested eight men sneaking 111 rare snakes into Britain -- including one man who strapped a pair of boa constrictors under his armpits.`
Arg0:	eight men
REL:	sneaking
Arg3:	111 rare snakes
Arg1-into:	Britain
Argm-ADV:	including one man who strapped a pair of boa constrictors under his armpits

Roleset sneak.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "steal":

Roles:

Arg0:thief

Arg1:stolen object

Arg2:stolen-from

Examples:

Oh that silly, silly boy.

all args (-)
`John sneaked (snuck?) a dozen hard-boiled eggs out of the dining hall in his underwear.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	sneaked (snuck?)
Arg1:	a dozen hard-boiled eggs
Arg2-out:	of the dining hall
Argm-MNR:	in his underwear