Predicate: sprinkle

Roleset id: sprinkle.01 , sprinkle, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

sprinkle.01: SPRINKLE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'sprinkle' based on sentences in financial subcorpusand automatic expansion via verbnet. (from sprinkle.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
sprinkle (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: agent, sprinkler (vnrole: 9.7-1-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: liquid (vnrole: 9.7-1-Theme)
        Arg2-GOL: sprinkled-upon (vnrole: 9.7-1-Destination)

Example: sprinkle with

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

        When the good fairy assigned to Slovakia hovered over the cradle of Edita Gruberova many years ago in Bratislava, she sprinkled her with high E flats, sparkling Ds, clean trills, and coloratura ornaments silvery as magic dust.

        Arg0: she
        Rel: sprinkled
        Arg2: her
        Arg1: with high E flats, sparkling Ds, clean trills, and coloratura ornaments silvery as magic dust

Example: ARG0 and ARG1 and ARG2

        He sprinkled the blood over everything used in worship .

        Arg0: He
        Rel: sprinkled
        Arg1: the blood
        Arg2: over everything used in worship

Roleset id: sprinkle.02 , weather phenomenon, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

sprinkle.02: SPRINKLE-V NOTES: Hooray, our first zero-valency verb!. VN class weather-57. (from sprinkle.02-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
sprinkle (v.)

Roles:

        Don't take weather "it". (from sprinkle.02-v)
        Arg1-PPT: Cognate object, mention of what is sprinkled, raindrops (vnrole: 57-Theme)

Example: raining lightly

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        It's sprinkling outside.

        Rel: sprinkling
        Argm-loc: outside