<?xml version="1.0"?>
<frameset>
<predicate lemma="clutch">
<note>
  Frames file for 'clutch'  based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
  corpus. 
</note>

<roleset id="clutch.01" name="to grasp and hold tightly" vncls="15.1">
<roles> 
  <role descr="grasper, agent" n="0">
        <vnrole vncls="15.1" vntheta="Agent"/></role>  
  <role descr="entity clutched" n="1">
        <vnrole vncls="15.1" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="participle">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="participle" person="ns" tense="present" voice="active"/>
<text>
 Brokers clutching thick folders stand in lines , [*-1] waiting their turn [0] [*] to speak to the underwriters [*T*-2] .
</text>
	<arg n="0">Brokers</arg>
	<rel>clutching</rel>
	<arg n="1">thick folders</arg>
</example>


<example name="prepositional Arg1">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="participle" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="active"/>
<text>
 Mr. Noriega believes [0] he has n't any alternative but [*] to continue clutching to power .
</text>
	<arg n="0">[*] -&gt;  he</arg>
	<rel>clutching</rel>
	<arg f="to" n="1">power</arg>
</example>



</roleset>
</predicate>

<predicate lemma="clutch_on">


</predicate>


</frameset>
