Roleset peck.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "eat lightly":

Roles:

Arg0:eater


Arg1:food

Examples:

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


not really eating (-)
They peck away at the 1 1/2-mile section of rubble, searching for more of the 250 people thought to have died here.
Arg0:	They
REL:	peck
ArgM-ADV:	away
Arg1-at:	the 1 1/2-mile section of rubble
ArgM:	searching for more of the 250 people thought to have died here

Roleset peck.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "hit with beak":

Roles:

Arg0:hitter, bird


Arg1:thing hit


Arg2:beak


Arg3:end state of arg1

Examples:

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


everything except beak (-)
John's parakeet nearly pecked him to death.
Arg0:	John's parakeet
Argm-ADV:	nearly
REL:	pecked
Arg1:	him
Arg3:	to death