Predicate: pounce

Roleset id: pounce.01 , to attack suddenly, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

pounce.01: POUNCE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'pounce' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from pounce.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
pounce (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: attacker, agent
        Arg1-PPT: thing pounced on

Example: transitive

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

        Here was [*T*-1] [the state security apparatus]-1 poised [*]-1 to pounce on any words or acts of provocation , let alone revolution .

        Arg0: [*]
        Rel: pounce
        Arg1: on any words or acts of provocation , let alone revolution