Roleset tinker.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to mess around":

Roles:

Arg0:tinkerer, agent


Arg1:entity tinkered with

Examples:

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


tinker, tailor, soldier, spy (-)
Democrats asked in [*] this week for discussions with President Bush have suggested ways of [*] `` tinkering '' with the Packwood-Roth proposal , [*-3] suggesting an interest in [*] looking for a modified version [0] they can back [*T*-1] , one official said [0] [*T*-2] .
Arg0:	[*] -> Democrats asked in [*] this week for discussions with President Bush
REL:	tinkering
Arg1-with:	the Packwood-Roth proposal