tear
frames
tear.XX:
tear.01 "to pull apart, separate forcefully":
tear.02 "to rush, move hurriedly":
tear.03 "to fill with tears":
tear.04 "to tear to pieces":
tear.05 "to demolish, take apart":
tear.XX sub-ARG0 NP-ARG1-into
- Ms. Bogart , an acclaimed creator of [ARG0 deconstructed dramatic collages] that *T*-1 [rel tear] into [ARG1-into such sacred texts as Rodgers and Hammerstein 's `` South Pacific] , '' is decidedly downtown .
tear.01 sub-ARG0 obj-ARG1
- Why , when a key witness disappears *T*-1 , does [ARG0 Mancuso] trash her apartment *T*-2 , *-3 [rel tearing] down [ARG1 drapes] , smashing walls ?
tear.01 obj-ARG1
- With Garpian randomness , a hotel across the street , the Amfac , had been hit *-1 harder : [ARG1 A large sheet of its concrete facade and several window balconies] were [rel torn] *-2 [ARGM-DIR away] .
tear.01 ADVP-ARG2 obj-ARG1
- Republican Sen. William Cohen of Maine , the panel 's vice chairman , said of the disclosure that `` [ARG1 a text] [rel torn] * [ARG2 out of context] is a pretext , and it *EXP*-2 is unfair for those in the White House who *T*-1 are leaking to present the evidence in a selective fashion . ''
tear.01 NP-ARG2-from obj-ARG1
- As matters stand , [ARG1 the Salinger ruling] , *-1 [rel torn] *-2 from [ARG2-from context] and broadly construed *-2 , is controlling .
tear.01 NP-ARG2-between obj-ARG1
- [ARG1 The older generation] has been [rel torn] *-1 between [ARG2-between a fear of *-1 tampering with the status quo and a fear of what *T*-2 might happen if they did n't *?*] .
tear.01 sub-ARG0 S-ARG2-between
- Further , [ARG0 the Herald] seemed *-1 [rel torn] [ARGM-MNR editorially] between [ARG2-between *-3 keeping its old-time Hearst readership -- blue-collar and sports-oriented -- and trying *-2 to provide a sprightly , upscale alternative to the sometimes staid Times] .
tear.02 sub-ARG0 NP-ARG1-through
- At the same time , personal income was held *-1 down by the effects of [ARG0 Hurricane Hugo] , which *T*-2 [rel tore] through [ARG1-through parts of North and South Carolina] [ARGM-TMP in late September] .
- [ARG0 A series of explosions] [rel tore] through [ARG1-through the huge Phillips Petroleum Co. plastics plant near here] , [ARGM-ADV * injuring more than a hundred and closing parts of the Houston Ship Channel] .
tear.03 sub-ARG1
- *-1 Having resided in the great state of California for the past seven years , I find it *EXP*-3 hard * to ignore our environmental problems when I start my commute to work with [ARG1 eyes] [rel tearing] [ARGM-CAU *RNR*-2] and head aching *RNR*-2 from the polluted air *T*-4 ; when I try *-6 to enjoy the beaches and come home *-6 covered *-8 with tar and oil *T*-5 ; when I hear of numerous deaths related * to irresponsible processing of cheese and use of chemicals in fruit growing *T*-7 .
tear.04 sub-ARG0 obj-ARG1
- [ARGM-TMP On Aug. 1] , [ARG0 the state] [rel tore] up [ARG1 its controls] , and food prices leaped .
tear.05 sub-ARG0 obj-ARG1
- Witnesses shout , scream , pontificate : `` ... a dream that the planet could be saved *-1 from itself and from [ARG0 the sadistic dumb creatures] who *T*-2 try *-4 to [rel tear] down [ARG1 every decent man who *T*-3 raises his voice] . ''