Predicate: scant

Roleset id: scant.01 , cut short, skimp, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

scant.01: SCANT-V NOTES: Roleset based on internet search. Added due to parallel expansion of verbnet, propbank, and sense groupings. No verbnet class. No framenet mapping. Framed by Katie. (from scant.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
scant (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: cause or skimper
        Arg1-PPT: thing skimped on

Example: scant-v: agentive skimper

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

        We had to scant the older children in order to nourish the newborn.

        Arg0: We
        Rel: scant
        Arg1: the older children
        Argm-prp: in order to nourish the newborn.

Example: scant-v: non-agentive skimper

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

        [Our leisure time]-1 is scanted *trace*-1 by this demanding job.

        Rel: scanted
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg0: by this demanding job.

Roleset id: scant.02 , spare in quality or quantity, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

scant.02: SCANT-J NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from scant.01-j)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
scant (j.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: causer
        Arg1-PPT: thing skimped on

Example: scant-j

        No notable hydrologic events occurred in April, as precipitation was scant.

        Arg1: precipitation
        Rel: scant