Predicate: gnaw

Roleset id: gnaw.01 , bite, chew on, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

gnaw.01: GNAW-V NOTES: Based on Brown. Member of VNcls chew-39.2-1. (from gnaw.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
gnaw (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: gnawer (vnrole: 39.2-1-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing chewed (vnrole: 39.2-1-Patient)

Example: with PP

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

        Clumps of brush that they passed were [so many enchained demons]-1 straining in anger [*-1]to tear [*RNR*-2] and gnaw on [*RNR*-2] [his bones]-2 .

        Arg0: [*-1]
        Rel: gnaw
        Arg1: on [*RNR*-2]

Roleset id: gnaw.02 , to cause persistent worry or pain, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

gnaw.02: GNAW-V NOTES: Based on Brown. See VNcls chew-39.2-1. (from gnaw.02-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
gnaw (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: causer (vnrole: 39.2-1-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: gnawed at (vnrole: 39.2-1-Patient)

Example: gnaw at

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

        Day by day , week by week , month by month , the betrayal gnawed at Andrei 's heart .

        Arg0: the betrayal
        Rel: gnawed
        Arg1: at Andrei 's heart