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:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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