Roleset shuffle.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "style of dance":

Roles:

Arg0:dancer

Examples:

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


good trick (-)
Even though he's dead, John can still shuffle pretty good.
Argm-ADV:	Even though he's dead
Arg0:	John
Argm-MOD:	can
Argm-TMP:	still
REL:	shuffle
Argm-MNR:	pretty good

More commonly 'do the shuffle.'

Roleset shuffle.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "mode of motion":

Roles:

ArgA:cause of motion


Arg0:entity in motion


Arg1:path

Examples:

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


yet another causal agent (-)
While D.T. shuffled its king back and forth in a defensive crouch, Mr. Kasparov maneuvered the knight to a dominant outpost.
ArgA:	D.T.
REL:	shuffled
Arg0:	its king
Arg1:	back and forth
ArgM-MNR:	in a defensive crouch

Compare 'the king shuffled back and forth'.

Roleset shuffle.03 Verbnet Class: 1 "not pick up the feet while walking":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, walker


Arg1:feet

Examples:

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


haunted house? (-)
Mary swears she can hear John shuffling his feet upstairs.
Arg0:	John
REL:	shuffling
Arg1:	his feet
Argm-LOC:	upstairs

Roleset shuffle.05 Verbnet Class: 1 "randomize a deck of cards":

Roles:

Arg0:dealer


Arg1:cards

Examples:

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


nervous guilt? (-)
Mary shuffled the deck for her 85th game of solitaire that night.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	shuffled
Arg1:	the deck
Argm-PNC:	for her 85th game of solitaire that night

Roleset shuffle.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "idiom for dying":

Roles:

Arg0:corpse


Arg1:this mortal coil

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: infinitive


had to fit this one in (-)
John isn't quite ready to shuffle off this mortal coil.
Arg0:	John
REL:	shuffle off
Arg1:	this mortail coil