Roleset dicker.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "argue in a petty manner":

Roles:

Arg0:first arguer


Arg1:second arguer


Arg2:topic

Examples:

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


merged arguers (-)
We have as much nostalgia as anyone for those leafy, breezy days in Washington when honorable men and women dickered over budgets and even log-rolled a bit to see that the bridges got build, roads paved, soldiers paid or that the desperately poor were cared for.
Arg0:	honorable men and women
REL:	dickered
Arg2-over:	budgets

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


split arguers (-)
John dickered with Mary about the source of his noxious foot odor.
Arg0:	John
REL:	dickered
Arg1-with:	Mary
Arg2-about:	the source of his noxious foot odor