Roleset thump.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "hit":

Roles:

Arg0:hitter


Arg1:thing hit

Examples:

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


tub thumping (-)
In an ideological argument, the participants tend [*-1] to thump the table.
Arg0:	[*-1] -> participants
REL:	thump
Arg1:	the table

Roleset thump.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "emit regular dull sounds":

Roles:

Arg1:emitter of sound

Examples:

person: third tense: past aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


intransitive (-)
It was nothing, though his heart was thumping wildly.
Arg1:	his heart
REL:	thumping
Argm-MNR:	wildly

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


with path (-)
At 7:25 two hotel doormen came [*-2] thumping down the steps, carrying a saw-horse to be set up as a barricade in front of the haberdashery store window next to the entranceway ...
Arg1:	[*-2] -> two hotel doormen
REL:	thumping
Argm-DIR:	down the stairs
Argm-ADV:	carrying a saw-horse to be set up as a barricade in front of the haberdashery store window next to the entranceway...