<?xml version="1.0"?>
<frameset>
<predicate lemma="sprinkle">
<note>
Frames file for 'sprinkle' based on sentences in financial subcorpus
and automatic expansion via verbnet.
</note>

<roleset id="sprinkle.01" name="sprinkle" vncls="9.7-1">
<roles>
  <role descr="agent, sprinkler" n="0">
	<vnrole vncls="9.7-1" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="liquid" n="1">
	<vnrole vncls="9.7-1" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
  <role descr="sprinkled-upon" n="2">
	<vnrole vncls="9.7-1" vntheta="Destination"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="sprinkle with">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
<text>
    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. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">she</arg>
        <rel>sprinkled</rel>
        <arg n="2">her</arg>
        <arg f="with" n="1">high E flats, sparkling Ds, clean trills,
        and coloratura ornaments silvery as magic dust</arg> 
</example>

<example name="sprinkle on">
  <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
  <text>
     John sprinkled gooey chocolate pudding on Mary's back.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">John</arg>
  <rel>sprinkled</rel>
  <arg n="1">gooey chocolate pudding</arg>
  <arg f="on" n="2">Mary's back</arg>
</example>

</roleset>

<roleset id="sprinkle.02" name="weather phenomenon" vncls="57">
<roles>
<note>Takes NO arguments!</note>
</roles>

<example name="raining lightly">
  <inflection aspect="progressive" form="participle" person="third" tense="present" voice="active"/>
  <text>
    It's sprinkling outside.
  </text>
  <rel>sprinkling</rel>
  <arg f="LOC" n="m">outside</arg>
</example>

<note>
Hooray, our first zero-valency verb!
</note>

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