Predicate: dabble
Roleset id: dabble.01 , do lightheartedly, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
dabble.01: DABBLE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'dabble' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry. (from dabble.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
dabble (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: dabbler
        Arg1-PPT: pasttime
Example: yabba dabble do
        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        An undistinguished college student who *trace* dabbled in zoology until he concluded that he couldn't stand cutting up frogs, Mr. Corry wanted to work for a big company ``that could do big things.''
        Arg0: *trace*
        ArgM-RCL: who -> An undistinguished college student
        Rel: dabbled
        Arg1: in zoology
        ArgM-TMP: until he concluded that he couldn't stand cutting up frogs