Roleset wet.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "cause to be wet":

Roles:

Arg0:cause


Arg1:now-wet thing


Arg2:liquid

Examples:

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


uncommonly with liquid (-)
Saliva gathered in the mouth after a night's sleep was considered poisonous; [*] wetting a wart with this saliva on wakening the first thing in the morning was supposed to cause it to disappear after only a few treatments, and strangely enough many warts did just that.
Arg0:	[*]
REL:	wetting
Arg1:	a wart
Arg2-with:	with this saliva
Argm-TMP:	on wakening
Argm-TMP:	first thing in the morning

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


with location (-)
He improvised as he went along, completing a life-size clay figure, then bought yards of an inexpensive material from a draper, wet the lightweight cloth in a basin and covered it over with clay that Argiento brought from the bank of the Tiber, to the consistency of thick mud.
Arg0:	He
REL:	wet
Arg1:	the lightweight cloth
Argm-LOC:	in a basin

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


usually just transitive (-)
He cleared his throat and wet his lips.
Arg0:	He
REL:	wet
Arg1:	his lips