<?xml version="1.0"?>
<frameset>
<predicate lemma="peck">
<note>
  Frames file for 'peck' based on sentences in wsj.  Verbnet entries
  39.2, 20, 18.2.
</note>

<roleset id="peck.01" name="eat lightly" vncls="39.2">
<roles>
  <role descr="eater" n="0"><vnrole vncls="39.2" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="food" n="1"><vnrole vncls="39.2" vntheta="Patient"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="not really eating">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="present" voice="active"/><text>
    They peck away at the 1 1/2-mile section of rubble, searching for
    more of the 250 people thought to have died here. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">They</arg>
        <rel>peck</rel>
        <arg f="ADV" n="M">away</arg>
        <arg f="at" n="1">the 1 1/2-mile section of rubble</arg>
        <arg n="M">searching for more of the 250 people thought to
        have died here</arg> 
</example>

<note>
</note>

</roleset>

<roleset id="peck.02" name="hit with beak" vncls="18.2">
<roles>
  <role descr="hitter, bird" n="0"><vnrole vncls="18.2" vntheta="Agent"/><vnrole vncls="20" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="thing hit" n="1"><vnrole vncls="18.2" vntheta="Patient"/><vnrole vncls="20" vntheta="Experiencer"/></role>
  <role descr="beak" n="2"><vnrole vncls="18.2" vntheta="Instrument"/><vnrole vncls="20" vntheta="Instrument"/></role>
  <role descr="end state of arg1" n="3"/>
</roles>

<example name="everything except beak">
  <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
  <text>
     John's parakeet nearly pecked him to death.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">John's parakeet</arg>
  <arg f="ADV" n="m">nearly</arg>
  <rel>pecked</rel>
  <arg n="1">him</arg>
  <arg n="3">to death</arg>
</example>

<note>
</note>

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