Roleset flail.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "hit rather haphazardly":

Roles:

Arg0:hitter


Arg1:thing hit


Arg2:instrument of hitting

Examples:

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


conative (-)
Something flailed at the side of Nick's head as they rolled around and around.
Arg0:	Something
REL:	flailed
Arg1-at:	at the side of Nick's head

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


with instrument, oddly (-)
Curt managed to duck beneath the man's flailing fist, and drove home a solid left to Jess's mid-section.
Arg0:	the man
REL:	flailing
Arg2:	fist