Predicate 
strike:
  Frames file for 'strike' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
  Verbnet entry hit-18.1, other framed members include batter, beat,
  dash, kick.  Comparison to Chris' old frames file.
Roleset strike.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "hit":
Roles:
Arg0:agent, hitter - animate only!
Arg1:thing hit
Arg2:instrument, thing hit by or with
Examples:
| instrumental subject (-) | 
|---|
| Sentiment was helped by the small gain made by New York stocks
 Wednesday despite anxiety over possible effects of the major
 earthquake that *trace* struck northern California Tuesday.
 
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| Arg2: | *trace* ->  that ->  the major earthquake | 
| REL: | struck | 
| Arg1: | northern California | 
| ArgM-TMP: | Tuesday | 
| agentive (-) | 
|---|
| John struck the fence with a stick.
 
 | 
| Arg0: | John | 
| REL: | struck | 
| Arg1: | the fence | 
| Arg2-with: | a stick | 
| reversed syntax! (-) | 
|---|
person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: ns
form: gerund
| Mr. Auvil sees Fujis, in part, as [*-1] striking a blow against
 the perversion of U.S. apples by supermarkets.
 
 | 
| Arg0: | [*-1] ->  Fujis | 
| REL: | striking | 
| Arg2: | a blow | 
| Arg1-against: | the perversion of U.S. apples by
        supermarkets | 
Roleset strike.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "refrain from working":
Roles:
Arg0:workers
Arg1:employer
Examples:
| work stoppage (-) | 
|---|
| ``United pilots have shown on a number of occasions they are
 willing and able *trace* to strike,'' said an executive at Fuji
 Bank.
 
 | 
| Arg0: | *trace* ->  they | 
| REL: | strike | 
| transitive (-) | 
|---|
person: ns
tense: present
aspect: progressive
voice: active
form: participle
| Ironically, many of the pilots involved have left Eastern or are
 still striking the carrier, which filed for bankruptcy protection
 March 9.
 
 | 
| ArgM-DIS: | Ironically | 
| Arg0: | many of the pilots involved | 
| ArgM-TMP: | still | 
| REL: | striking | 
| Arg1: | the carrier, which filed for bankruptcy protection
        March 9 | 
Roleset strike.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "remove":
Roles:
Arg0:remover
Arg1:thing removed
Arg2:source, removed from
Examples:
| all args (-) | 
|---|
| John struck all of Mary's disparaging remarks about him from her
 diary.
 
 | 
| Arg0: | John | 
| REL: | struck | 
| Arg1: | all of Mary's disparaging remarks about him | 
| Arg2-from: | her diary | 
Roleset strike.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "appear, seem":
Roles:
Arg1:thing seeming
Arg2:attribute
Arg3:viewer
Examples:
| all args (-) | 
|---|
| It struck me as a way to get back to what I really want to do.''
 
 | 
| Arg1: | It | 
| REL: | struck | 
| Arg3: | me | 
| Arg2-as: | a way to get back to what I really want to
        do | 
Roleset strike.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "initiate":
Roles:
Arg0:Agent
Arg1:Theme(-Creation)
Arg2:Instrument
Examples:
| passive with instrument (-) | 
|---|
| The deal, which will involve an initial $ 20 million investment,
 was struck *trace* with a handshake, he added.
 
 | 
| REL: | struck | 
| Arg1: | *trace* ->  The deal, which will involve an initial
        $20 million investment, | 
| Arg2-with: | a handshake | 
| be careful with 'with' phrases (-) | 
|---|
| John struck a deal with Mary.
 
 | 
| Arg0: | John | 
| REL: | struck | 
| Arg1: | a deal with Mary | 
Roleset strike.10 Verbnet Class: NONE "strike a pose":
Roles:
Examples:
| variation on 'initiate'? (-) | 
|---|
person: ns
tense: present
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
| It is also the kind of libel politicians find useful, since it
 helps them strike a friendly posture on behalf of an important
 constituency.
 
 | 
| Arg0: | them | 
| REL: | strike | 
| Arg1: | a friendly posture | 
| ArgM-ADV: | on behalf of an important constituency | 
Predicate 
strike_out:
Roleset strike.06 Verbnet Class: NONE "baseball":
Roles:
ArgA:pitcher
Arg0:batter
Arg1:with respect to
Examples:
| agentive (-) | 
|---|
| John struck out every time he was at bat.
 
 | 
| Arg0: | John | 
| REL: | struck out | 
| Argm-TMP: | every time he was at bat | 
| causal agent (-) | 
|---|
| Mary struck John out with a vicious slider.
 
 | 
| ArgA: | Mary | 
| REL: | struck out | 
| Arg0: | John | 
| Argm-MNR: | with a vicious slider | 
| arg1 only in metaphors (-) | 
|---|
person: ns
tense: past
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
| But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and
 measures the French had invented.
 
 | 
| Arg0: | he | 
| REL: | [ struck] [ out] | 
| Arg1-with: | the decimal system of metric weights and
        measures the French had invented | 
Roleset strike.07 Verbnet Class: NONE "remove":
Roles:
Arg0:remover
Arg1:thing removed
Arg2:source, removed from
Examples:
| legislative process (-) | 
|---|
| John struck out many of the bill's riders.
 
 | 
| Arg0: | John | 
| REL: | struck out | 
| Arg1: | many of the bill's riders | 
Predicate 
strike_down:
Roleset strike.08 Verbnet Class: NONE "defeat, smite (cf. hit sense above)":
Roles:
Arg0:agent, hitter - animate only!
Arg1:thing hit
Arg2:instrument, thing hit by or with
Examples:
| passivized (-) | 
|---|
| A natural gas rule was struck down *trace* by a federal appeals
 court.
 
 | 
| REL: | [ struck] [ down] | 
| Arg1: | *trace* ->  A natural gas rule | 
| Arg0-by: | a federal appeals court | 
Predicate 
strike_up:
Roleset strike.09 Verbnet Class: NONE "initiate":
Roles:
Arg0:Agent
Arg1:Theme(-Creation)
Arg2:Instrument
Examples:
| transitive (-) | 
|---|
| And he managed *trace* to fend off further advances and even
 strike up an unlikely friendship with the interloper.
 
 | 
| Arg0: | *trace* ->  he | 
| ArgM-DIS: | even | 
| REL: | [ strike] [ up] | 
| Arg1: | an unlikely friendship with the interloper |