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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="tease">
<note>
  Frames file for 'tease' based on sentences in wsj.  Verbnet entries
  35.6, 31.1 and 41.2.2.
</note>

<roleset id="tease.01" name="discover bit by bit, get out" vncls="35.6">
<roles>
  <role descr="agent, discoverer" n="0">
        <vnrole vncls="35.6" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="thing discovered" n="1">
        <vnrole vncls="35.6" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
  <role descr="from where, source" n="2">
        <vnrole vncls="35.6" vntheta="Location"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="all args, discover">
  <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
  <text>
     Mary teased the truth from the mass of John's lies and half-truths.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">Mary</arg>
  <rel>teased</rel>
  <arg n="1">the truth</arg>
  <arg f="from" n="2">the mass of John's lies and half-truths</arg>
</example>

<note>
</note>

</roleset>



<roleset id="tease.03" name="do bad things to hair" vncls="41.2.2">
<roles>
  <role descr="evildoer, agent" n="0">
        <vnrole vncls="41.2.2" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="hair" n="1">
        <vnrole vncls="41.2.2" vntheta="Patient"/></role>
  <role descr="end result" n="2"/>
</roles>

<example name="bad hair day">
  <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
  <text>
    John teased his hair into an enormous beehive.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">John</arg>
  <rel>teased</rel>
  <arg n="1">his hair</arg>
  <arg f="into" n="2">an enormous beehive</arg>
</example>

<note>
Usually without end result.
</note>

</roleset>
</predicate>

<predicate lemma="tease_out">

<roleset id="tease.04" name="discover bit by bit, phrasal" vncls="35.6">
<roles>
  <role descr="agent, discoverer" n="0">
        <vnrole vncls="35.6" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="thing discovered" n="1">
        <vnrole vncls="35.6" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
  <role descr="from where, source" n="2">
        <vnrole vncls="35.6" vntheta="Location"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="the one example">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="participle" person="ns" tense="present" voice="passive"/>
<text>
    One cell was teased [*-1] out, and its DNA extracted. 
</text>
        <rel>[ teased] [ out]</rel>
        <arg n="1">[*-1] -&gt;  One cell</arg>
</example>

<note>
Except for the particle, identical to tease.01.
</note>

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