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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="shear">
<note>
  Frames file for 'shear_off' based on sentences in wsj.  Verbnet entry 10.4.2.
</note>

<roleset id="shear.01" name="slice off, as with scissors" vncls="10.4.2">
<roles>
  <role descr="agent of cutting" n="0"><vnrole vncls="10.4.2" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="thing cut, smaller piece" n="1"><vnrole vncls="10.4.2" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
  <role descr="whole, source" n="2"><vnrole vncls="10.4.2" vntheta="Source"/></role>
  <role descr="instrument" n="3"><vnrole vncls="10.4.2" vntheta="Instrument"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="the one example">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="participle" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="passive"/>
<text>
    One old building, the Golden State Bank Building on Front Street,
    had its yellow brick facade sheared [*-1] off by the shock of the
    quake, leaving a wedge of its third floor open to the air, while
    piles of dusty bricks tumbled to the street below narrowly missing
    rush-hour pedestrians and cars. 
</text>
        <rel>[ sheared] [ off]</rel>
        <arg n="1">[*-1] -&gt;  its yellow brick facade</arg>
        <arg f="by" n="3">the shock of the quake</arg>
        <arg n="M">leaving a wedge of its third floor open to the air,
        while piles of dusty bricks tumbled to the street below
        narrowly missing rush-hour pedestrians and cars</arg> 
</example>

<example name="with agent and whole">
  <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
  <text>
     John sheared the top off the chocolate cake.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">John</arg>
  <rel>sheared</rel>
  <arg n="1">the top</arg>
  <arg f="off" n="2">the chocolate cake</arg>
</example>

<note>
</note>

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