Roleset dab.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to touch lightly":

Roles:

Arg0:toucher, agent


Arg1:thing hit


Arg2:instrument

Examples:

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


all arguments (-)
But at just that moment , he is interrupted [*-1] in his office by a servant in tuxedo who [*T*-2] pours coffee from silver into a cup of china and dabs the brim with linen .
Arg0:	[*T*-2] -> who -> a servant in tuxedo
REL:	dabs
Arg1:	the brim
Arg2-with:	linen