Roleset rap.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "strike lightly":

Roles:

Arg0:rapper (no, not like that)


Arg1:instrument


Arg2:target, surface

Examples:

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


all args (-)
I rapped my knuckles on the counter.
Arg0:	I
REL:	rapped
Arg1:	my knuckles
Arg2-on:	on the counter

person: ns tense: past aspect: perfect voice: passive form: participle


not sure about this usage (-)
Till one day the last freight had been jumped, the last pint had been killed, the last beat had been rapped [*-3].
REL:	rapped
Arg1:	[*-3] -> the last beat

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


no surface mentioned (-)
The teacher plunged the children into a new portion, this time in Hebrew, [*-1] rapping the stick incessantly.
Arg0:	[*-1] -> The teacher
REL:	rapping
Arg1:	the stick
Argm-MNR:	incessantly

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


no instrument (-)
She could not count the times Herman had rapped on the door, just a couple of bangs that shook the whole damned closet and might, someday, break away the pipe connections from the wall.
Arg0:	Herman
REL:	rapped
Arg2-on:	on the door
Argm-ADV:	just a couple of bangs that shook the whole damned closet and might, someday, break away the pipe connections from the wall