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    <predicate lemma="whiff">

        <roleset framnet="-" id="whiff.01" name="smell by inhaling through the nose" vncls="35.3">
            <roles>
                <role descr="entity doing the sniffing" f="" n="0">
                    <vnrole vncls="stalk-35.3" vntheta="agent"/>
                </role>

                <role descr="the scent" f="" n="1">
                    <vnrole vncls="stalk-35.3" vntheta="theme"/>
                </role>
                <role descr="the air carrying the scent" f="" n="2">
                    <vnrole vncls="stalk-35.3" vntheta="location"/>
                </role>
                <note/>
            </roles>

            <example name="All args" src="internet" type="-">
                <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="other" tense="past" voice="active"/>
                <text>Discreetly, I whiffed the air for tequila or petroleum.</text>

                <arg f="mnr" n="m">Discreetly,</arg>
                <arg f="" n="0">I</arg>
                <rel f="">whiffed</rel>
                <arg f="" n="2">the air</arg>
                <arg f="" n="1">for tequila or petroleum.</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            <example name="Scent as core arg" src="internet" type="-">
                <inflection aspect="perfect" form="participle" person="third" tense="past" voice="active"/>
                <text>Her expression seemed to say she had whiffed a very bad odor.</text>

                <arg f="" n="0">She</arg>
                <rel f="">had whiffed</rel>
                <arg f="" n="1">a very bad odor.</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            <example name="location as subject" src="internet" type="-">
                <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="third" tense="past" voice="ns"/>
                <text>The air whiffed of pine and peat.</text>

                <arg f="" n="2">The air</arg>
                <rel f="">whiffed</rel>
                <arg f="" n="1">of pine and peat.</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            <note>Roleset based on internet search.  Member of Vncls 35.3. Comparison to ‘smell’. Roleset by Julia.</note>
        </roleset>
        <roleset framnet="-" id="whiff.02" name="carry on/as a puff of air" vncls="-">
            <roles>
                <role descr="the wind" f="" n="0"/>

                <role descr="thing being carried on the wind" f="" n="1"/>
                <role descr="direction" f="" n="2"/>
                <note/>
            </roles>

            <example name="All args" src="internet" type="-">
                <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="third" tense="past" voice="active"/>
                <text>The gust of air whiffed away the clouds.</text>

                <arg f="" n="0">The gust of air</arg>
                <rel f="">whiffed</rel>
                <arg f="" n="2">away</arg>
                <arg f="" n="1">the clouds.</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            <example name="Theme as subject with source" src="internet" type="-">
                <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="third" tense="past" voice="ns"/>
                <text>A spurt of smoke whiffed out from her quarter.</text>

                <arg f="" n="1">A spurt of smoke</arg>
                <rel f="">whiffed</rel>
                <arg f="" n="2">out</arg>
                <arg f="dir" n="m">from her quarter.</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            <note>Roleset based on internet search. No Vncls. Comparison to ‘blow’. Roleset by Julia.</note>
        </roleset>
        <roleset framnet="-" id="whiff.03" name="swing at and miss the third pitch, striking out" vncls="-">
            <roles>
                <role descr="causal agent, pitcher" f="" n="0"/>

                <role descr="entity swinging and missing" f="" n="1"/>
                <role descr="thing attempted" f="" n="2"/>
                <note>May be used metaphorically. Instances with actual agent rare.</note>
            </roles>

            <example name="With agent" src="internet" type="-">
                <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="third" tense="past" voice="active"/>
                <text>Chamberlain whiffed the first two Phillies hitters.</text>

                <arg f="" n="0">Chamberlain</arg>
                <rel f="">whiffed</rel>
                <arg f="" n="1">the first two Pillies hitters.</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            <example name="Baseball frame, Args-1&amp;2" src="internet" type="-">
                <inflection aspect="progressive" form="gerund" person="third" tense="ns" voice="active"/>
                <text>Crane-1 made two fouls, and then sent Chipper into real convulsions by *trace*-1 whiffing at a high one.</text>

                <arg f="" n="1">*trace*-1: Crane</arg>
                <rel f="">whiffing</rel>
                <arg f="" n="2">at a high one.</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            <example name="Metaphorical extension, Args-1&amp;2" src="internet" type="-">
                <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="third" tense="past" voice="active"/>
                <text>John McCain whiffed his own chance to ask Obama about Ayers on live TV.</text>

                <arg f="" n="1">John McCain</arg>
                <rel f="">whiffed</rel>
                <arg f="" n="2">his own chance to ask Obama about Ayers on live TV.</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            <example name="Arg-2 with PP 'on __'" src="internet" type="-">
                <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="third" tense="past" voice="active"/>
                <text>The commission whiffed on its duty to protect investors.</text>

                <arg f="" n="1">The commission</arg>
                <rel f="">whiffed</rel>
                <arg f="" n="2">on its duty to protect investors.</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            <example name="Baseball frame intransitive" src="internet" type="-">
                <inflection aspect="ns" form="ns" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="ns"/>
                <text>[Cincy defenders]-1 had Lewis behind the line of scrimmage on third down, and once again *trace*-1 whiffed.</text>

                <arg f="tmp" n="m">once again</arg>
                <arg f="" n="1">*trace*: [Cincy defenders]</arg>
                <rel f="">whiffed.</rel>
                <note/>
            </example>
            <example name="Metaphorical use intransitive" src="internet" type="-">
                <inflection aspect="progressive" form="gerund" person="third" tense="ns" voice="active"/>
                <text>[A White House spokesman]-1 started playing hardball with Bill O'Reilly and wound up *trace*-1 whiffing big time.</text>

                <arg f="" n="1">*trace*-1: [A White House spokesman]</arg>
                <rel f="">whiffing</rel>
                <arg f="ext" n="m">big time.</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            <note>Roleset based on internet search.  No Vncls. Comparison to ‘fail.01’. Roleset by Julia.</note>
        </roleset>
        <roleset framnet="-" id="whiff.04" name="smoke recreationally, as a pipe" vncls="-">
            <roles>
                <role descr="smoker" f="" n="0"/>

                <role descr="cigar, cigarettes, pipe, etc." f="" n="1"/>
                <note/>
            </roles>

            <example name="Arg1 as core arg" src="internet" type="-">
                <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="third" tense="past" voice="active"/>
                <text>The old man whiffed a pipe.</text>

                <arg f="" n="0">The old man</arg>
                <rel f="">whiffed</rel>
                <arg f="" n="1">a pipe.</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            <example name="Antipassive: Arg-1 as oblique arg" src="internet" type="-">
                <inflection aspect="progressive" form="gerund" person="third" tense="past" voice="active"/>
                <text>As usual, he was whiffing at a cigarette.</text>

                <arg f="mnr" n="m">As usual,</arg>
                <arg f="" n="0">he</arg>
                <rel f="">was whiffing</rel>
                <arg f="" n="1">at a cigarette.</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            <note>Roleset based on internet search. No Vncls. Comparison to ‘smoke’. Roleset by Julia.</note>
        </roleset>
        <roleset framnet="-" id="whiff.05" name="exhale a puff of air, possibly as an utterance" vncls="40.1.3">
            <roles>
                <role descr="agent (animate)" f="" n="0">
                    <vnrole vncls="exhale-40.1.3-1" vntheta="agent"/>
                </role>

                <role descr="exhaled puff of air, utterance" f="" n="1">
                    <vnrole vncls="exhale-40.1.3-1" vntheta="theme"/>
                </role>
                <note/>
            </roles>

            <example name="Both args" src="internet" type="-">
                <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="third" tense="past" voice="active"/>
                <text>They whiffed out a protective prayer or two.</text>

                <arg f="" n="0">They</arg>
                <rel f="">whiffed</rel>
                <arg f="dir" n="m">out</arg>
                <arg f="" n="1">a protective prayer or two.</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            <example name="Both args" src="internet" type="-">
                <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="third" tense="past" voice="active"/>
                <text>The stranger whiffed out a long, leisurely sort of indifferent and charitable puff.</text>

                <arg f="" n="0">The stranger</arg>
                <rel f="">whiffed</rel>
                <arg f="dir" n="m">out</arg>
                <arg f="" n="1">a long, leisurely sort of indifferent and charitable puff.</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            <note>Roleset based on internet search. Member of Vncls 40.1.3-1. Roleset by Julia.</note>
        </roleset>
        <roleset framnet="-" id="whiff.06" name="extinguish" vncls="-">
            <roles>
                <role descr="entity snuffing out the flame" f="" n="0"/>

                <role descr="the flame" f="" n="1"/>
                <note>Occurs with secondary predication 'out (PP)'.</note>
            </roles>

            <example name="Both args" src="internet" type="-">
                <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="third" tense="past" voice="active"/>
                <text>A beam of destruction whiffed out of existence the pilot, gunnery and the men before them.</text>

                <arg f="" n="0">A beam of destruction</arg>
                <rel f="">whiffed</rel>
                <arg f="prd" n="m">out of existence</arg>
                <arg f="" n="1">the pilot, gunnery and the men before them.</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            <example name="patient as subject" src="internet" type="-">
                <inflection aspect="perfect" form="participle" person="third" tense="past" voice="ns"/>
                <text>He had simply whiffed out of existence like a soap bubble.</text>

                <arg f="" n="1">He</arg>
                <rel f="">[had] [whiffed]</rel>
                <arg f="adv" n="m">simply</arg>
                <arg f="prd" n="m">out of existence</arg>
                <arg f="mnr" n="m">like a soap bubble.</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            <example name="Passive" src="internet" type="-">
                <inflection aspect="ns" form="participle" person="third" tense="past" voice="passive"/>
                <text>The people were whiffed out by one breath of armistice!</text>

                <arg f="" n="1">The people</arg>
                <rel f="">were whiffed</rel>
                <arg f="prd" n="m">out</arg>
                <arg f="" n="0">by one breath of armistice!</arg>
                <note/>
            </example>
            <note>Roleset based on internet search.  No Vncls. Comparison to ‘extinguish’. Roleset by Julia.</note>
        </roleset>
        <note/>
    </predicate>
    <note/>
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