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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="bludgeon">
<note>
  Frames file for 'bludgeon' based on sentences in wsj.  Verbnet entry 18.3.
</note>

<roleset id="bludgeon.01" vncls="18.3" name="hit hard">
<roles>
  <role descr="agent, hitter - animate only!" n="0">
	<vnrole vncls="18.3" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="thing hit" n="1">
	<vnrole vncls="18.3" vntheta="Patient"/></role>
  <role descr="instrument, thing hit by or with" n="2">
	<vnrole vncls="18.3" vntheta="Instrument"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="active, no instrument">
<inflection person="ns" tense="ns" aspect="ns" voice="active" form="infinitive"/>
<text>
    So far, Wall Street's Old Guard seems [*-1] to be winning the
    program-trading battle, [*-2] successfully mobilizing public and
    congressional opinion [*-3] to bludgeon their tormentors.  
</text>
	<arg n="0">[*-3] -&gt;  [*-2] -&gt;  [*-1] -&gt;  Wall Street's Old Guard</arg>
	<rel>bludgeon</rel>
	<arg n="1">their tormentors</arg>
</example>


<example name="passive, no instrument">
<inflection person="ns" tense="ns" aspect="ns" voice="passive" form="participle"/>
<text>
    First Interstate said the unit, bludgeoned [*] by Arizona's
    worsening real-estate woes, will have a $174 million loss for the
    quarter. 
</text>
	<rel>bludgeoned</rel>
	<arg n="1">[*] -&gt;  the unit</arg>
	<arg n="0" f="by">Arizona's worsening real-estate woes</arg>
</example>

<example name="with instrument">
  <inflection person="ns" tense="past" aspect="ns" voice="active" form="full"/>
  <text>
   Mary bludgeoned John with a two-by-four.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">Mary</arg>
  <rel>bludgeoned</rel>
  <arg n="1">John</arg>
  <arg n="2" f="with">a two-by-four</arg>
</example>

<note>
</note>

</roleset>
</predicate>
</frameset>
