pinch
pinch.01 - squeeze tightly to cause pain
PINCH-V NOTES: Frames file for 'pinch' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entries 20-1 and 10.5, Framenet entries Manipulation and Theft. (from pinch.01-v predicate notes)Aliases:
pinch (v.)
pinching (n.)
pinching (n.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: pincher, agent
ARG1-PPT: thing touched
ARG2-MNR: touched with, if separate from agent
ARG1-PPT: thing touched
ARG2-MNR: touched with, if separate from agent
pinch-v: transitive passive
A BMA spokesman said `` runaway medical costs '' have made health insurance `` a significant challenge , '' and
marginsARG1
alsoARGM-DIS
have been pinchedrel
by changes in the mix of life - insurance products consumers now demandARG0
.pinch-v: intransitive
The imposition of austerity measures , starting last OctoberARG0
, already had begun to pinchrel
when the massacre in Tiananmen Square on June 4 and subsequent events tugged the belt far tighterARGM-TMP
.pinch-v: ARG2
TheyARG0
found the artery and pinchedrel
itARG1
with a clampARG2
.pinch.02 - slangy steal
PINCH-V NOTES: Frames file for 'pinch' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entries 20-1 and 10.5, Framenet entries Manipulation and Theft. (from pinch.02-v predicate notes)Aliases:
pinch (v.)
pinching (n.)
pinching (n.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: thief, agent
ARG1-PPT: thing stolen
ARG2-DIR: stolen from
ARG1-PPT: thing stolen
ARG2-DIR: stolen from
pinch-v: just transitive
... and ,
what PASOK 's cut was from the $ 210 millionARG1
Mr. KoskotasARG0
pinchedrel
.pinch.04 - be miserly; avoid spending money
PINCH-V NOTES: Frame created by Jena. (from pinch.03-v)Aliases:
pinch (v.)
pinch_pennies (m.)
pinch_pennies (m.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: person avoiding spending
ARG1-GOL: purpose of saving
ARG1-GOL: purpose of saving
pinch_pennies-m
WhyARGM-CAU
should weARG0
pinchrel
penniesrel
all the timeARGM-TMP
just to spend our money on something like thatARG1
?pinch_pennies-m
The deposits came from savings kept in a Tupperware breadbox ;
heARG0
saved $ 47,000 in 1974 - 81 by living with family members and pinchingrel
penniesrel
and $ 45,000 of secret gifts from his remorseful father , who had abandoned the family in 1955 .