<?xml version="1.0"?>
<frameset>
<predicate lemma="prune">
<note>
  Frames file for 'prune.01' based on sentences in wsj.  Verbnet
  entries 21.2 and 10.4.1.
</note>

<roleset id="prune.01" name="remove branches" vncls="21.2-2 10.4.1">
<roles>
  <role descr="remover, agent" n="0">
	<vnrole vncls="10.4.1" vntheta="Agent"/>
        <vnrole vncls="21.2-2" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="branches" n="1">
	<vnrole vncls="10.4.1" vntheta="Theme"/>
        <vnrole vncls="21.2-2" vntheta="Patient"/></role>
  <role descr="whole plant" n="2">
	<vnrole vncls="10.4.1" vntheta="Source"/></role>
  <role descr="instrument, pruning shears" n="3">
        <vnrole vncls="21.2-2" vntheta="Instrument"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="usual usage">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="infinitive" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="ns"/>
<text>
    ``We aren't inclined [*-1] to prune stock portfolios now,'' says
    Steven G. Einhorn, chairman of the investment policy committee of
    Goldman, Sachs &amp; Co. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">[*-1] -&gt;  We</arg>
        <rel>prune</rel>
        <arg n="2">stock portfolios</arg>
        <arg f="TMP" n="M">now</arg>
</example>

<example name="with branches">
  <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
  <text>
     John pruned all the blooming flowers off the rose bush, leaving
     only the deadheads.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">John</arg>
  <rel>pruned</rel>
  <arg n="1">all the blooming flowers</arg>
  <arg f="off" n="2">the rose bush</arg>
  <arg f="ADV" n="m">leaving on the deadheads</arg>
</example>

<example name="with instrument">
  <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
  <text>
     John pruned the rosebushes with a chainsaw.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">John</arg>
  <rel>pruned</rel>
  <arg n="2">the rosebushes</arg>
  <arg f="with" n="3">a chainsaw</arg>
</example>

<note>
</note>

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