Predicate: sprinkle
sprinkle: Frames file for 'sprinkle' based on sentences in financial subcorpus
and automatic expansion via verbnet.
Roleset id: sprinkle.01 , sprinkle, vncls: 9.7-1, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: agent, sprinkler (vnrole: 9.7-1-agent)
Arg1: liquid (vnrole: 9.7-1-theme)
Arg2: sprinkled-upon (vnrole: 9.7-1-destination)
Example: sprinkle with
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
When the good fairy assigned to Slovakia hovered over the cradle
of Edita Gruberova many years ago in Bratislava, she sprinkled her
with high E flats, sparkling Ds, clean trills, and coloratura
ornaments silvery as magic dust.
Arg0: she
Rel: sprinkled
Arg2: her
Arg1: with high E flats, sparkling Ds, clean trills, and coloratura ornaments silvery as magic dust
Example: sprinkle on
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
John sprinkled gooey chocolate pudding on Mary's back.
Arg0: John
Rel: sprinkled
Arg1: gooey chocolate pudding
Arg2: on Mary's back
Roleset id: sprinkle.02 , weather phenomenon, vncls: 57, framnet:
sprinkle.02: Hooray, our first zero-valency verb!. VN class weather-57.
Roles:
Don't take weather "it".
Arg1: Cognate object, mention of what is sprinkled, raindrops (vnrole: 57-theme)
Example: raining lightly
person: third, tense: present, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
It's sprinkling outside.
Rel: sprinkling
Argm-loc: outside