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