Roleset wave.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to signal (a person) or move back and forth":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, causer


Arg1:entity moving


Arg2:person waved at

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
In the stands , people waved ANC flags , wore ANC T-shirts , sang ANC songs and chanted ANC slogans .
ArgM-LOC:	In the stands
Arg0:	people
REL:	waved
Arg1:	ANC flags

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


with Arg2 (-)
Mr. Houston-Montgomery says that at the party he waved to Malcolm Forbes , publisher of Forbes magazine ( `` We've been in the columns together '' ) , Mary Boone , a New York art dealer ( `` I think [0] she knows me , but I 'm not sure '' ) and Bridget Fonda , the actress ( `` She knows me , but we 're not really the best of friends '' ) .
ArgM-LOC:	at the party
Arg0:	he
REL:	waved
Arg2-to:	Malcolm Forbes , publisher of Forbes magazine ( `` We've been in the columns together '' ) , Mary Boone , a New York art dealer ( `` I think [0] she knows me , but I 'm not sure '' ) and Bridget Fonda , the actress ( `` She knows me , but we 're not really the best of friends '' )

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


intransitive (-)
Worst part was watching power lines waving above my head and no way [0] [*] to drive away [*T*-1] .
Arg1:	power lines
REL:	waving
ArgM-LOC:	above my head

Roleset wave.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "give directions via waving":

Roles:

Arg0:waver, giver of directions


Arg1:receiver of directions


Arg2:directions

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: progressive voice: passive form: participle


nearly phrasal (-)
This attitude is being waved away by sophisticates around Washington as little more than tough talk.
Arg1:	This attitude
REL:	waved
Arg2-DIR:	away
Arg0-by:	sophicates around town

consider also 'John waved Mary into the garage', where the directions are more explicit than just a particle.