Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP1 ROLL NP2[patient] (PP[directional]) (PP[goal]) NP1 ROLL (PP[directional]) (PP[goal]) Includes: ROLL AROUND, ROLL DOWN, ROLL IN, ROLL OFF, ROLL OVER, ROLL OUT, ROLL UP
NOTE: May be used metaphorically to emphasize a smooth and easy manner; may be reflexive.
Examples:
The man rolled onto his stomach and rose to his knees.
The children rolled the ball across the field.
They laughed and traded looks, maybe even rolled their eyes at a dumb question.
The ship rolled on the heavy seas.
They rolled out the red carpet for him.
Niki rolled around the floor after she hit her head.
The President's convoy rolled past the crowds.
He rolled into town one day, promising the world.
They rolled from house to house, over dirt roads and highways, up steep hills and into hidden valleys.
Here the foamy heads of the waves rolled gently into the beach.
The mist rolled in from the sea.
He rolled up in a black Mercedes.
These things just rolled off her tongue casually as though
everyone talked about reincarnation with their child's doctor .
Mappings:
VerbNet: crane-40.3.2,roll-51.3.1,run-51.3.2-2,slide-11.2-1,split-23.2
FrameNet: Body_movement,Cause_motion,Mass_motion,Motion
PropBank: roll.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
roll_out 2
roll_down 1
roll_over 1
roll_up 3
roll_in 1
Examples:
She rolled her hair in strips of cotton the night before.
He rolled three cigarettes and slid them into his pocket.
This cashmere yarn rolls well.
Roll up the map and put it in the bin.
He rolled up his few possessions and tucked them under his arm.
She rolled up her sleeves and set to work.
Mappings:
VerbNet: bend-45.2,build-26.1,coil-9.6,preparing-26.3-1,shake-22.3-2
FrameNet: Reshaping
PropBank: roll.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6, 8, 17, 18
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
roll_up 1, 4, 6, 7
Commentary:
NOTE: This sense includes "fictive motion" (where an non-moving entity is described as moving, as in, "The highway runs along the coast.")
Examples:
The hills rolled past.
NOTE: Do NOT include "rolling hills"--that's an adjectival usage!
From the window an early October landscape rolled by.
A hand-painted landscape rolled down behind a low mock-garden wall.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Examples:
The presses are rolling.
Roll cameras!
Let's roll!
He worked 10-18 hour days and kept the project rolling at a fast pace.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7
Examples:
Thunder rolled in the distance.
The drums rolled on and on into the night.
This lady rolled her R's like an 1860's stage actress.
Mappings:
VerbNet: sound_emission-43.2,sound_existence-47.4
FrameNet: Sound_movement
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5, 15
Commentary: Includes: ROLL OUT
Examples:
The painters rolled the paint using varying pressures.
She was rolling out the dough when the phone rang.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Reshaping
PropBank: roll.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
roll_out 1
Commentary: Is: ROLL OUT
Examples:
Ask.com has just rolled out its long-awaited new blog search engine.
Flickr has finally rolled out their integrated mapping/geotagging functionality.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: roll.02
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
roll_out
Commentary: Is: ROLL AROUND Syntax Is: NP1[theme[abstract]] ROLL AROUND
Examples:
Christmas rolled around again.
Another milestone rolled around this week.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
roll_around 1
Commentary: Is: ROLL OFF
NOTE: compare carefully to "words rolled off her tongue" in sense 1
Examples:
He rolled off a list of things we might need.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
roll_off 1
Commentary: Is: ROLL OVER
Examples:
You should roll over your 401K into an IRA when you leave the company.
Thus, many investors just rolled over the investment and "profit."
If you roll over the loan three times, the finance charge would climb to $60 to borrow $100.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
roll_over 1, 2
Commentary: Is: ROLL UP
Examples:
He rolled up more votes than any president in history.
Sazuki rolled up enough points for the technical fall.
In the last three decades of the century, he rolled up a massive fortune.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
roll_up 2
Commentary: Is: ROLL IN THE HAY
Examples:
The sweethearts emerged from the loft, where they had obviously been rolling in the hay.
I never thought I'd find myself rolling in the hay with Matt Damon.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
roll_in_the_hay 1
Examples:
I would always remember that he had rolled the drunk, and one of my rules is that if we make a dollar we split fifty-fifty.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 10