Roleset cruise.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "travel at leisure":

Roles:

Arg0:traveller

Examples:

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


cruisin' for a bruisin' (-)
We cruise toward another set of pilings .
Arg0:	We
REL:	cruise
ArgM-DIR:	toward another set of pilings

Roleset cruise.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "look for a sexual partner in a public place":

Roles:

Arg0:seeker


Arg1:public place

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: both voice: ns form: participle


didn't expect this usage in wsj (-)
The judge was quoted as referring to the victims as ``queers'' and saying they wouldn't have been killed ``if they hadn't been cruising the streets picking up teenage boys.''
Arg0:	they
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	cruising
Arg1:	the streets
ArgM-ADV:	picking up teenage boys