<?xml version="1.0"?>
<frameset>
<predicate lemma="sip">
<note>
  Frames file for 'sip' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
  corpus.
</note>

<roleset id="sip.01" name="to drink in small quantities " vncls="39.2">
<roles>
  <role descr="drinker, agent" n="0">
        <vnrole vncls="39.2" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="drink" n="1">
        <vnrole vncls="39.2" vntheta="Patient"/></role>
  <role descr="container" n="2"/>
</roles>


<example name="all arguments">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
<text>
 He sipped tea sweetened with honey from his high-backed leather chair at his bench , while [*-1] scribbling notes ordering spectators to stop whispering or to take off their hats in his courtroom .
</text>
	<arg n="0">He</arg>
	<rel>sipped</rel>
	<arg n="1">tea sweetened with honey</arg>
	<arg f="LOC" n="M">his high-backed leather chair at his bench</arg>
	<arg f="TMP" n="M">while [*-1] scribbling notes ordering spectators to stop whispering or to take off their hats in his courtroom</arg>
</example>

<example name="with arg2">
  <inflection person="ns" tense="past" aspect="ns" voice="active" form="full"/>
  <text>
     John sipped his beer from a 50-gallon drum.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">John</arg>
  <rel>sipped</rel>
  <arg n="1">his beer</arg>
  <arg n="2" f="from">from a 50-gallon drum</arg>
</example>

</roleset>
</predicate>
</frameset>
