Predicate: waft
waft: Frames file for 'waft' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3.
Roleset id: waft.01 , (cause to) float lightly, vncls: 47.3, framnet: -
Roles:
Arg0: cause or agent (vnrole: 47.3-agent)
Arg1: thing floating (vnrole: 47.3-theme)
Example: usually unaccusative
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
The soft, wafting aromas will ``improve ride comfort,'' the
display attests, and a proud employee says Mazda hopes to move the
system out of the lab and into its cars in a year or two.
Rel: wafting
Arg1: aromas
Example: arg1 as substance
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: participle
She wafted a little more chloroform under the captain's nose to be on the safe side.
Arg0: She
Rel: wafted
Arg1: a little more chloroform
Argm-loc: under the captains nose
Argm-prp: to be on the safe side.
Example: arg1 as body part
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: participle
She wafted a slim hand in front of her face, to disperse the pungent tobacco smell.
Arg0: She
Rel: wafted
Arg1: a slim hand
Argm-loc: in front of her face
Argm-prp: to disperse the pungent tobacco smell
Example: arg1 as object
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: participle
She wafted a ring box in front of his nose.
Arg0: she
Rel: wafted
Arg1: a ring box
Argm-loc: in front of his nose