Rolesets - pinch

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.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: pincher, 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.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: thief, agent
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.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: person avoiding spending
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 .

pinch.05 - arrest or capture

PINCH-V NOTES: Frame created by Tim during MWE work

Aliases:

pinch (v.)
pinching (n.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: police, person doing the arresting
ARG1-PPT: person captured, pinched
ARG2-CAU: crime; pinched for what?

pinch-v

VinnyARG1
got
pinchedrel
for selling counterfeit $ 2 billsARG2