Predicate: pierce
Roleset id: pierce.01 , poke a hole in, go through such a hole, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
pierce.01: PIERCE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'pierce' based on sentences in brown. (from pierce.01-v predicate notes) PIERCING-N NOTES: pierce.01 (from piercing.01-n)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| pierce (v.) | | |
| piercing (n.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: piercer (vnrole: 19-agent)
Arg1-PPT: material pierced (vnrole: 19-patient)
Arg2-MNR: instrument, if arg0 is agent and also present (vnrole: 19-instrument)
Arg3-GOL: what's on other side of material
Example: weird usage with arg3
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: gerund
Ever since he had first begun to study music and to teach it, Rousseau-1 had dreamed of [*]-1 piercing through to fame as the result of a successful opera.
Arg0: [*]
Rel: piercing
Arg3: through to fame
Argm-cau: as the result of a successful opera
Example: passive
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
It-1 was pierced [*-1] by a wagon gate built of two wings.
Rel: pierced
Arg1: [*-1]
Arg0: by a wagon gate built of two wings
Example: metaphorical
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
This story is the tale of the almost super-human will and genius of just one man, Ferdinand de Lesseps, who by his piercing of the Suez Isthmus joined East to West and brought life to the desert.
Arg0: his
Rel: piercing
Arg1: of the Suez Isthmus
Example: Arg0,1, medical example
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
While Cooper's scientific achievements are real--he won the Royal Society's top award of the Copley Medal for his piercing of the tympanic membrane--the lasting interest his life holds comes from the way he tackled experiences most people found too disgusting to contemplate.
Arg0: his
Rel: piercing
Arg1: of the tympanic membrane