Roleset poke.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "touch with long slender object":

Roles:

Arg0:toucher, agent


Arg1:thing touched


Arg2:long slender object

Examples:

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


oddly inverted (-)
[*] VISUALIZING BLOOD vessels without [*] poking catheters into the body may come out of research at AT&T Bell Laboratories.
Arg0:	[*] -> [*]
REL:	poking
Arg2:	catheters
Arg1-into:	the body

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


maybe a different roleset (-)
Another poked a hole in the heel of his shoe .
Arg0:	Another
REL:	poked
Arg1:	a hole
ArgM-LOC:	in the heel of his shoe

Roleset poke.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "rummage, look for idly":

Roles:

Arg0:looker, searcher, agent


Arg1:place looked in


Arg2:thing looked for, goal

Examples:

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


almost argumentless (-)
Mr. Baker hears her out, pokes around a bit, asks a few questions and proposes some explanations.
Arg0:	Mr. Baker
REL:	[ pokes] [ around]
ArgM-MNR:	a bit

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


all args (-)
John poked around in Mary's lingerie drawer for a can opener.
Arg0:	John
REL:	poked around
Arg1-in:	Mary's lingerie drawer
Arg2-for:	a can opener