Predicate: jab

Roleset id: jab.01 , hit sharply, hit sharply or metaphorically: insult, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

jab.01: JAB-V NOTES: Based on Brown. Verbnet classs hit-18.1-1. (from jab.01-v) JAB-N NOTES: Corresponds to verb entries jab.01 and jab.02. Difference is unclear in noun cases. Corresponds to Verbnet classs hit-18.1-1. (from jab.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
jab (v.)cause_harm cause_impact
jab (n.)cause_harm cause_impact

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: hitter (vnrole: 18.1-1-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing hit (vnrole: 18.1-1-Patient)
        Arg2-MNR: instrument of hitting (vnrole: 18.1-1-Instrument)

Example: conative

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

        Intelligence jabbed at him accusingly.

        Arg0: Intelligence
        Rel: jabbed
        Arg1: at him
        Argm-mnr: accusingly

Example: Within LVC, insult semantics

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

        The letter , in fact , takes a jab at ABC for being a laggard in black programming .

        Arg0: The letter
        Argm-dis: in fact
        Argm-lvb: takes
        Rel: jab
        Arg1: at ABC
        Argm-cau: for being a laggard in black programming .

Example: Within LVC, try semantics, all arguments

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        According to her official website biography, she made her first jab at lyrics with a poem.

        Arg0: she
        Argm-lvb: made
        Argm-tmp: first
        Rel: jab
        Arg1: at lyrics
        Arg2: with a poem

Roleset id: jab.02 , move with jabbing motion, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

jab.02: JAB-V NOTES: No corresponding verbnet class or framenet mapping. (from jab.02-v) JAB-N NOTES: (from jab.02-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
jab (v.)
jab (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: cause of motion
        Arg1-PPT: entity in motion
        Arg2-DIR: path

Example: what would we do without metaphor?

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

        Through the swathings of terror, she jabbed deceit's sharp point -- Amy would be reborn, a new childd , with new parents, living under new circumstances.

        Arg2: Through the swathings of terror
        Arg0: she
        Rel: jabbed
        Arg1: deceit's sharp point

Example: Move with jabbing motion

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        His finger jabbing sporatically through the air.

        Arg1: His finger
        Rel: jabbing
        Argm-tmp: sporatically
        Arg2: through the air.

Example: arg2

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        ?Check it,? spits Cassidy with a downward jab through the air.

        Argm-dir: downward
        Rel: jab
        Arg2: through the air