Predicate: flick

Roleset id: flick.01 , move rapidly and lightly, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

flick.01: FLICK-V NOTES: Frames file for 'flick' based on sentences in brown. (from flick.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
flick (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: cause of motion (vnrole: 40.3.2-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing in motion (vnrole: 40.3.2-patient)
        Arg2-DIR: path

Example: with path

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

        Greg's eyes flicked up from his instrument panel.

        Arg1: Greg's eyes
        Rel: flicked
        Arg2: up from his instrument panel

Example: with cause

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

        He nodded, [*-1] clasping and unclasping his hands over his paunch, and flicked glances at me.

        Arg0: He
        Rel: flicked
        Arg1: glances
        Arg2: at me

Example: cause, no path

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

        I pulled the throttle of the tractor in and out, hoping to frighten him with the noise, but the snake only flicked its black, forked tongue and faced the huge tractor wheel, without fright or concern.

        Arg0: the snake
        Argm-dis: only
        Rel: flicked
        Arg1: its black, forked tongue

Roleset id: flick.02 , touch rapidly and lightly, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

flick.02: FLICK-V NOTES: Frames file for 'flick' based on sentences in brown. (from flick.02-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
flick (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: toucher (vnrole: 40.3.2-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: touched (vnrole: 40.3.2-patient)
        Arg2-MNR: instrument

Example: flick off

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

        There was a sound like the one you-1 produce [*T*-1] by [*]-1 flicking a watermelon with your finger, only louder, and Pops fell forward from the waist and then over sidewise.

        Arg0: [*]
        Rel: flicking
        Arg1: a watermelon
        Arg2: with your finger

Roleset id: flick.03 , produce an effect with rapid light motion, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

flick.03: FLICK-V NOTES: Frames file for 'flick' based on sentences in brown. (from flick.03-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
flick (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: causer of effect (vnrole: 40.3.2-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing effected (vnrole: 40.3.2-patient)
        Arg2-PPT: effect (vnrole: 40.3.2-theme)

Example: flick lights

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

        And I had hardly finished my business in the toilet on the aforementioned occasion when the lights in that place, like the hall lights controlled from the switch in the office, flicked off and on impatiently.

        Arg1: the lights in that place, like the lights controlled from the switch in the office
        Rel: flicked
        Arg2: off and on
        Argm-mnr: impatiently