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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="twitch">
<note>
  Frames file for 'twitch' based on sentences in wsj.  Verbnet entry
  40.3.2, Framenet entry Body movement.
</note>

<roleset id="twitch.01" name="(cause to) move spastically" vncls="40.3.2">
<roles>
  <role descr="causer of motion" n="0"><vnrole vncls="40.3.2" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="thing twitching" n="1"><vnrole vncls="40.3.2" vntheta="Patient"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="ergative">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="present" voice="active"/><text>
    If positioned over the brain's motor-control area, the hand-held
    electromagnets generate nerve impulses that zip down motor nerves
    and activate muscles, making, say, a finger twitch. 
</text>
        <arg n="1">a finger</arg>
        <rel>twitch</rel>
</example>

<example name="I'm not a twitch, I'm your wife!">
  <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
  <text>
    John twitched his nose and made Mary disappear.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">John</arg>
  <rel>twitched</rel>
  <arg n="1">his nose</arg>
</example>

<note>
</note>

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