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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="eat">
<note>
  Frames file for 'eat' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
  Verbnet entry 39.1, no other framed members.  No comparison.
</note>

<roleset id="eat.01" name="consume" vncls="39.1">
<roles>
  <role descr="consumer, eater" n="0">
		
  <vnrole vncls="39.1" vntheta="Agent"/></role>

  <role descr="meal" n="1">
		
  <vnrole vncls="39.1" vntheta="Patient"/></role>

</roles>

<example name="intransitive">
<text>
    TW's pitch was that sales and earnings at its restaurants have
    risen steadily and that people won't stop *trace* eating during a
    downturn. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">*trace* -&gt;  people</arg>
        <rel>eating</rel>
</example>

<example name="transitive">
<text>
    Euro Disneyland shares made a debut like Snow White yesterday
    while most of the London stock market looked like it had eaten the
    Evil Queen's poisoned apple. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">it</arg>
        <rel>eaten</rel>
        <arg n="1">the Evil Queen 's poisoned apple</arg>
</example>

<note>
</note>

</roleset>
</predicate>

<predicate lemma="eat_up">

<roleset id="eat.02" name="consume fully" vncls="39.1">
<roles>
  <role descr="consumer, eater" n="0">
		
  <vnrole vncls="39.1" vntheta="Agent"/></role>

  <role descr="meal" n="1">
		
  <vnrole vncls="39.1" vntheta="Patient"/></role>

</roles>

<example name="only in transitive?">
<text>
    Some analysts argued that there won't be a flurry of takeovers
    because the industry's continuing capacity-expansion program is
    eating up available cash. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">the industry's continuing capacity-expansion
        program</arg> 
        <rel>[ eating] [ up]</rel>
        <arg n="1">available cash</arg>
</example>

<note>
</note>

</roleset>
</predicate>

<predicate lemma="eat_away">

<roleset id="eat.03" name="consume partially" vncls="39.1">
<roles>
  <role descr="consumer, eater" n="0">
		
  <vnrole vncls="39.1" vntheta="Agent"/></role>

  <role descr="meal" n="1">
		
  <vnrole vncls="39.1" vntheta="Patient"/></role>

</roles>

<example name="nominal meal">
<text>
    ``Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios have eaten away sales normally
    going to Kellogg's corn-based lines simply because they are made
    of oats,'' says Merrill Lynch food analyst William Maguire. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios</arg>
        <rel>[ eaten] [ away]</rel>
        <arg n="1">sales normally going to Kellogg's corn-based lines</arg>
        <arg f="CAU" n="M">simply because they are made  of oats</arg>
</example>

<example name="prepositional meal">
<text>
    Personal-computer makers will continue *trace* to eat away at the
    business of more traditional computer firms. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">*trace* -&gt;  Personal-computer makers</arg>
        <rel>[ eat] [ away]</rel>
        <arg f="at" n="1">the business of more traditional computer
        firms</arg> 
</example>

<note>
</note>

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