Roleset skim.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "move lightly over the surface of":

Roles:

Arg0:thing in motion


Arg1:surface of what

Examples:

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


intransitive (-)
Galileo will skim past Earth in 1990 and 1992, collecting energy from the planet's gravitational field to gain momentum for its trip to Jupiter.
Arg0:	Galileo
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	skim
ArgM-DIR:	past Earth
ArgM-TMP:	in 1990 and 1992
ArgM:	collecting energy from the planet's gravitational field to gain momentum for its trip to Jupiter

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


metaphorically as 'read' (-)
John skimmed 'War and Peace'.
Arg0:	John
REL:	skimmed
Arg1:	'War and Peace'

I'm unsure what to do about 'John skimmed rocks on the millpond.'

Roleset skim.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "remove from the very top":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, remover


Arg1:thing removed, skimmed


Arg2:top of what, source

Examples:

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


more good cookin' (-)
John skimmed the grease from the bowl of soup Mary made for him.
Arg0:	John
REL:	skimmed
Arg1:	the grease
Arg2-from:	the bowl of soup Mary made for him

Roleset skim.03 Verbnet Class: 1 "remove from the very top, phrasal":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, remover


Arg1:thing removed, skimmed


Arg2:top of what, source

Examples:

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


might not take source (-)
Among unanswered questions are whether Mr. Papandreou received $23 million of stolen Bank of Crete funds and an additional $734,000 in bribes, as contended; whether the prime minister ordered state agencies [*-5] to deposit some $57 million in Mr. Koskotas's bank and then skim off the interest; and, what PASOK's cut was from the $210 million Mr. Koskotas pinched.
Arg0:	[*-5] -> state agencies
ArgM-TMP:	then
REL:	[ skim] [ off]
Arg1:	the interest