Roleset sprinkle.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "sprinkle":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, sprinkler


Arg1:liquid


Arg2:sprinkled-upon

Examples:

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


sprinkle with (-)
When the good fairy assigned to Slovakia hovered over the cradle of Edita Gruberova many years ago in Bratislava, she sprinkled her with high E flats, sparkling Ds, clean trills, and coloratura ornaments silvery as magic dust.
Arg0:	she
REL:	sprinkled
Arg2:	her
Arg1-with:	high E flats, sparkling Ds, clean trills, and coloratura ornaments silvery as magic dust

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


sprinkle on (-)
John sprinkled gooey chocolate pudding on Mary's back.
Arg0:	John
REL:	sprinkled
Arg1:	gooey chocolate pudding
Arg2-on:	Mary's back

Roleset sprinkle.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "weather phenomenon":

Roles:

Takes NO arguments!

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


raining lightly (-)
It's sprinkling outside.
REL:	sprinkling
Argm-LOC:	outside

Hooray, our first zero-valency verb!