Predicate: waft

Roleset id: waft.01 , (cause to) float lightly, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

waft.01: WAFT-V NOTES: Frames file for 'waft' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3. (from waft.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
waft (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: cause or agent (vnrole: 47.3-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing floating (vnrole: 47.3-Theme)

Example: usually unaccusative

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

        The soft, wafting aromas will ``improve ride comfort,'' the display attests, and a proud employee says Mazda hopes to move the system out of the lab and into its cars in a year or two.

        Rel: wafting
        Arg1: aromas

Example: arg1 as substance

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        She wafted a little more chloroform under the captain's nose to be on the safe side.

        Arg0: She
        Rel: wafted
        Arg1: a little more chloroform
        Argm-loc: under the captains nose
        Argm-prp: to be on the safe side.

Example: arg1 as body part

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        She wafted a slim hand in front of her face, to disperse the pungent tobacco smell.

        Arg0: She
        Rel: wafted
        Arg1: a slim hand
        Argm-loc: in front of her face
        Argm-prp: to disperse the pungent tobacco smell

Example: arg1 as object

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        She wafted a ring box in front of his nose.

        Arg0: she
        Rel: wafted
        Arg1: a ring box
        Argm-loc: in front of his nose