Roleset bear.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "hold, support, endure":

Roles:

Arg0:holder


Arg1:thing held


Arg2:benefactive


Arg3:secondary attribute of thing held

Examples:

endure (-)
...profit-taking weighed on the market, with blue-chips bearing the brunt of the selling.
Arg0:	blue-chips
REL:	bearing
Arg1:	the brunt of the selling




hold (-)
``...'' said Finis Conner, chief executive officer and founder of the firm that *trace* bears his name.
Arg0:	*trace* -> that -> the firm
REL:	bears
Arg1:	his name




with attribute (-)
The new notes will bear interest at 5.5% through July 31, 1991, and thereafter at 10%.
Arg0:	The new notes
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	bear
Arg1:	interest
Arg3:	at 5.5% through July 31, 1991, and thereafter at 10%

Yes, this is really several different senses, but they all take the same syntax.

Roleset bear.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "bear children":

Roles:

Arg0:mother


Arg1:child

Examples:

I doubt the active form will ever occur; really this is a deponent verb and only has the arg1.

durn young'uns (-)
``Most of them weren't even born the last time the painting was displayed publicly,'' he says.
Arg1:	Most of them
ArgM-NEG:	n't
ArgM-DIS:	even
REL:	born
ArgM-TMP:	the last time the painting was displayed publicly

Roleset bear.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "move":

Roles:

Arg1:entity in motion

Examples:

name the movie (-)
"*trace* Bear left! Move the thing! And, that other thing!"
Arg1:	*trace*
REL:	Bear
Argm-DIR:	left

OK, not a great example, but you get the idea and I doubt this usage will come up anyway.

Roleset bear.06 Verbnet Class: NONE "has relation to":

Roles:

Arg1:topic


Arg2:related topic

Examples:

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


bearly there? (-)
Now, scholars in fulfilling their responsibility do not claim the right to invade every collection of papers that [*T*-1] bears upon their topics of investigation.
Arg1:	[*T*-1] -> that -> every collection of papers
REL:	bears
Arg2-upon:	their topics of investigation

Roleset bear.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "survive, exist":

Roles:

Arg1:entity existing

Examples:

poor John (-)
Considering everything I've put him through, John is bearing up surprisingly well.
Argm-DIS:	Considering everything I've put him through
Arg1:	John
REL:	bearing up
Argm-MNR:	surprisingly well

Roleset bear.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "bear out: confirm? support again?":

Roles:

Arg0:confirmer, agent


Arg1:thing confirmed, patient

Examples:

only example so far (-)
That was borne *trace* out by the Justice Department's decision to settle the case.
REL:	[ borne] [ out]
Arg1:	*trace* -> That
Arg0-by:	the Justice Department's decision to settle the case

I'm not sure what the sense is here; hopefully another example will come along and clear things up. If you find the example, please send it along to me.