Roleset clasp.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "hold, as by hands":

Roles:

Arg0:holder


Arg1:thing held, canonically hands


Arg2:second thing held, or attribute of arg1

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


usually with 'hands' (-)
[*-1] Clasping his hands behind his head, he stared at the blue sky.
Arg0:	[*-1] -> he
REL:	clasping
Arg1:	his hands
Argm-LOC:	behind his head

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


with attribute (-)
Rachel clasped her hands together and slowed her pace.
Arg0:	Rachel
REL:	clasped
Arg1:	her hands
Arg2:	together

person: ns tense: ns aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


not an attribute (-)
One day when he attended a war memorial ceremony in Westminster Abbey ... someone, [*-3] clasping him by the arm, whispered, ``I want a word with you, please''.
Arg0:	[*-3] -> someone
REL:	clasping
Arg1:	him
Argm-MNR:	by the arm