Roleset be.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "copula":

Roles:

Arg1:topic


Arg2:comment

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


poor John (-)
John is an idiot.
Arg1:	John
REL:	is
Arg2:	an idiot

Roleset be.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "existential":

Roles:

Arg1:thing that is

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


what it is, what it was, what it shall be (-)
John doesn't think, therefore he isn't.
Arg1:	he
REL:	is
Argm-NEG:	n't

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


with support (-)
There's a foul odor in the air whenever John's around.
Arg1:	a foul odor in the air
REL:	's
Argm-TMP:	whenever John's around

Roleset be.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "auxiliary":

Roles:

do not tag--no arguments!

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: ns
Do not tag!

one of many (-)
John is eating.