Predicate: whang
Roleset id: whang.01 , beat or attack with force, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
whang.01: WHANG-V NOTES: Roleset based on internet search. Added due to parallel expansion of verbnet, propbank, and sense groupings. Verbnet class hit-18.1-1. No framenet mappings. Framed by Katie. (from whang.01-v)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
whang (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: Attacker (vnrole: 18.1-1-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: Thing hit or attacked (vnrole: 18.1-1-Patient)
        Arg2-MNR: Instrument (vnrole: 18.1-1-Instrument)
Example: Hit a person
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        I lifted high the shovel and whanged it down on Harvey's head.
        Arg0: I
        Rel: whanged
        Arg2: it
        Arg1: down on Harvey's head.
Example: Propel due to force
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        I remember the way the wind whanged it around.
        Arg0: the wind
        Rel: whanged
        Arg1: it
        Argm-dir: around.
Example: attack forcefully
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        Yet, they still whang away at the school reform plan.
        Argm-dis: Yet,
        Arg0: they
        Argm-adv: still
        Rel: whang
        Arg1: at the school reform plan.