Roleset clap.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "strike, as hands":

Roles:

Arg0:clapper


Arg1:thing(s) struck


Arg2:other thing struck, location

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


intransitive (-)
Someone clapped tentatively then quickly stopped.
Arg0:	Someone
REL:	clapped
Argm-MNR:	tentatively

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


transitive with LOC (-)
He grinned and clapped me on the shoulder.
Arg0:	He
REL:	clapped
Arg1:	me
Argm-LOC:	on the shoulder

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


transitive with two things struck (-)
Silence came into the forest -- a solid being that [*T*-1] clapped its hand over the murmuring mouths of the birds and the whispered comfort of the trees.
Arg0:	[*T*-1] -> that -> a solid being
REL:	clapped
Arg1:	its hand
Arg2-over:	the murmuring mouths of the birds and the whispered comfort of the trees