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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="pinch">
<note>
  Frames file for 'pinch' based on sentences in wsj.  Verbnet entries
  20 and 10.5, Framenet entries Manipulation and Theft.
</note>

<roleset id="pinch.01" name="squeeze tightly to cause pain" vncls="20">
<roles>
  <role descr="pincher, agent" n="0">
	<vnrole vncls="20" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="thing touched" n="1">
	<vnrole vncls="20" vntheta="Experiencer"/></role>
  <role descr="touched with, if separate from agent" n="2">
	<vnrole vncls="20" vntheta="Instrument"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="transitive passive">
<inflection aspect="perfect" form="participle" person="ns" tense="present" voice="passive"/>
<text>
    A BMA spokesman said ``runaway medical costs'' have made health
    insurance ``a significant challenge,'' and margins also have been
    pinched [*-1] by changes in the mix of life-insurance products
    consumers now demand. 
</text>
        <arg f="DIS" n="M">also</arg>
        <rel>pinched</rel>
        <arg n="1">[*-1] -&gt;  margins</arg>
        <arg f="by" n="0">changes in the mix of life-insurance
        products consumers now demand</arg> 
</example>

<example name="intransitive">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="infinitive" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="active"/>
<text>
    The imposition of austerity measures, starting last October,
    already had begun [*-1] to pinch when the massacre in Tiananmen
    Square on June 4 and subsequent events tugged the belt far
    tighter. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">[*-1] -&gt;  The imposition of austerity measures,
        starting last October,</arg> 
        <rel>pinch</rel>
        <arg f="TMP" n="M">when the massacre in Tiananmen Square on
        June 4 and subsequent events tugged the belt far tighter</arg> 
</example>

<example name="semi-idiomatic">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="gerund" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="ns"/>
<text>
     The deposits came from savings kept in a Tupperware breadbox; he
     saved $47,000 in 1974-81 by living with family members and
     pinching pennies and $45,000 of secret gifts from his remorseful
     father, who had abandoned the family in 1955. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">[*-2] -&gt;  he</arg>
        <rel>pinching</rel>
        <arg n="1">pennies</arg>
</example>

<example name="all args">
  <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
  <text>
    Mary pinched John's toes with a vise-grip.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">Mary</arg>
  <rel>pinched</rel>
  <arg n="1">John's toes</arg>
  <arg f="with" n="2">a vise-grip</arg>
</example>

<note>
</note>

</roleset>

<roleset id="pinch.02" name="slangy steal" vncls="10.5">
<roles>
  <role descr="thief, agent" n="0">
	<vnrole vncls="10.5" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="thing stolen" n="1">
	<vnrole vncls="10.5" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
  <role descr="stolen from" n="2">
	<vnrole vncls="10.5" vntheta="Source"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="just transitive">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
<text>
     ... and, what PASOK's cut was from the $210 million [0]
     Mr. Koskotas pinched [*T*-2].  
</text>
        <arg n="0">Mr. Koskotas</arg>
        <rel>pinched</rel>
        <arg n="1">[*T*-2] -&gt;  [0] -&gt;  the $210 million</arg>
<note>
Although not given in the above example, the arg2 would be "from the
company" or something like that.
</note>
</example>
</roleset>
</predicate>
</frameset>
