Roleset finger.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to touch":

Roles:

Arg0:toucher, agent


Arg1:entity fingered

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: participle


transitive (-)
`` [*-5] Think [0] I 'll redo my image -- get this changed [*-4] to a glove , '' quipped [*T*-1] the big first baseman Saturday night , [*-2] fingering the gold bat [0] he wears [*T*-3] on a neck chain .
Arg0:	[*-2] -> the big first baseman
REL:	fingering
Arg1:	the gold bat [0] he wears [*T*-3] on a neck chain

Roleset finger.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "to locate, find":

Roles:

Arg0:agent


Arg1:entity fingered

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: perfect voice: active form: participle


transitive (-)
To date , scientists have fingered two of these cancer-suppressors .
ArgM-TMP:	To date
Arg0:	scientists
REL:	fingered
Arg1:	two of these cancer-suppressors

Roleset finger.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "to blame":

Roles:

Arg0:assigner of blame, agent


Arg1:entity fingered


Arg2:action fingered for

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: infinitive


all arguments (-)
Mr. Noriega was accused [*-1] of [*-1] ordering in 1985 the beheading of Hugo Spadafora , his most outspoken political opponent and the first man [0] [*T*-2] to publicly finger Mr. Noriega on drug trafficking charges .
Arg0:	[*T*-2] -> [0] -> the first man
ArgM-MNR:	publicly
REL:	finger
Arg1:	Mr. Noriega
Arg2-on:	drug trafficking charges