pierce
pierce.01 - poke a hole in, go through such a hole
PIERCE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'pierce' based on sentences in brown. (from pierce.01-v predicate notes)PIERCING-N NOTES: pierce.01 (from piercing.01-n)
Aliases:
pierce (v.)
piercing (n.)
piercing (n.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: piercer
ARG1-PPT: material pierced
ARG2-MNR: instrument, if arg0 is agent and also present
ARG3-GOL: what's on other side of material
ARG1-PPT: material pierced
ARG2-MNR: instrument, if arg0 is agent and also present
ARG3-GOL: what's on other side of material
weird usage with arg3
Ever since he had first begun to study music and to teach it ,
RousseauARG0
had dreamed of piercingrel
through to fameARG3
as the result of a successful operaARGM-CAU
.passive
ItARG1
was piercedrel
by a wagon gate built of two wingsARG0
.metaphorical
This story is the tale of the almost super - human will and genius of just one man , Ferdinand de Lesseps , who by
hisARG0
piercingrel
of the Suez IsthmusARG1
joined East to West and brought life to the desert .Arg0,1, medical example
While Cooper 's scientific achievements are real -- he won the Royal Society 's top award of the Copley Medal for
hisARG0
piercingrel
of the tympanic membraneARG1
-- the lasting interest his life holds comes from the way he tackled experiences most people found too disgusting to contemplate .