Predicate: sip

Roleset id: sip.01 , to drink in small quantities, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

sip.01: SIP-V NOTES: Member of Vncls chew-39.2-2. Updated by Julia, 11/2010. (from sip.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
sip (v.)Ingestion

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: drinker, agent (vnrole: 39.2-2-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: drink (vnrole: 39.2-2-Patient)
        Arg2-DIR: container

Example: all arguments

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

        He sipped tea sweetened with honey from his high-backed leather chair at his bench , while scribbling notes ordering spectators to stop whispering or to take off their hats in his courtroom .

        Arg0: He
        Rel: sipped
        Arg1: tea sweetened with honey
        Argm-loc: from his high-backed leather chair at his bench
        Argm-tmp: while scribbling notes ordering spectators to stop whispering or to take off their hats in his courtroom

Example: ARG0 and ARG1

        As Helen Boehm , who owns an art porcelain company , sipped her luncheon cocktail , she reeled off the names of a few pals -- Prince Charles , Princess Diana , Sarah Ferguson , John Kluge , Milton Petrie .

        Arg0: Helen Boehm , who owns an art porcelain company ,
        Rel: sipped
        Arg1: her luncheon cocktail