Roleset sluice.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "clean as if by using a sluice":

Roles:

Arg0:sluicer


Arg1:thing sluiced, location

Examples:

transitive (-)
`` So that 's sculpture '' , commented [*T*-1] Argiento wryly , when he had sluiced down the floor for a week [*T*-2] , `` [*] making mud pies '' .
REL:	[ sluiced] [ down]
Arg0:	he
Arg1:	the floor
ArgM-TMP:	for a week
ArgM-TMP:	[*T*-2] -> when -> Argiento

Roleset sluice.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "flow as if a sluice has opened":

Roles:

Arg1:substance

Examples:

unaccusative (-)
And then came the water -- not rain , but solid sheets that [*T*-1] sluiced down like water slopping from a bucket .
REL:	[ sluiced] [ down]
ArgM-MNR:	like water slopping from a bucket
Arg1:	[*T*-1] -> that -> solid sheets

Framed by Neville.