Roleset blow.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "cause motion by air current":

Roles:

Arg0:wind


Arg1:thing being moved


Argm:path or medium

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


ergative intransitive (-)
Battle-tested Japanese industrial managers here always buck up nervous newcomers with the tale of the first of their countrymen to visit Mexico , a boatload of samurai warriors blown *trace* ashore 375 years ago.
REL:	blown
Arg1:	*trace* -> a boatload
ArgM-DIR:	ashore
ArgM-TMP:	375 years ago

Roleset blow.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "create, shape by blowing air":

Roles:

Arg0:shaper


Arg1:thing worked on


Arg2:end state, if different from arg1

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


all args (-)
John blew the molten glass into a delicate bottle.
Arg0:	John
REL:	blew
Arg1:	the molten glass
Arg2-into:	a delicate bottle

Perhaps also "John blew his soup cooler." If you can say that at all.

Roleset blow.03 Verbnet Class: 1 "oral sex":

Roles:

Arg0:giver


Arg1:getter

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: ns


you were waiting for it (-)
John....oh, never mind.

Roleset blow.04 Verbnet Class: 1 "like the wind":

Roles:

Arg1:wind


Argm:direction or location or extent

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


agentive intransitive (-)
``For there to be wind in the sails of any program, the chief executive has *trace* to be blowing in the sails,'' says Rep. Burton.
Arg0:	*trace* -> the chief executive
REL:	blowing
ArgM-LOC:	in the sails

Roleset blow.08 Verbnet Class: NONE "explode":

Roles:

Arg1:thing exploding

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


unaccusative (-)
One local Phillips manager said a seal blew in one of the plant's reactors.
Arg1:	a seal
REL:	blew
ArgM-LOC:	in one of the plant's reactors

I don't think this can take any other args, unlike the corresponding 'explode' sense of 'blow up'.

Roleset blow.09 Verbnet Class: NONE "sound, like a trumpet":

Roles:

Arg0:player


Arg1:trumpet

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
But unlike London, out here I've never heard anybody blow a car horn in anger.
Arg0:	anybody
REL:	blow
Arg1:	a car horn
ArgM-MNR:	in anger

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


also ergative (-)
John heard the trumpets blow and the drums beat.
Arg1:	the trumpets
REL:	blow

Roleset blow.10 Verbnet Class: NONE "make an error":

Roles:

Arg0:errer


Arg1:error

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


oops, I did it again (-)
``I blew it,'' Mr. Motley says apologetically.
Arg0:	I
REL:	blew
Arg1:	it

Roleset blow.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "inflate":

Roles:

Arg0:inflater, agent


Arg1:thing grown


Arg2:amount increased by, EXT or MNR


Arg3:start point


Arg4:end point, end state of arg1

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: perfect voice: passive form: participle


balloons (-)
``The balloon had been blown *trace* up so big that when somebody came along with a pin -- in this case the UAL deal -- we got a little pop.''
REL:	[ blown] [ up]
Arg1:	*trace* -> The balloon
Arg4:	so big that when somebody came along with a pin -- in this case the UAL deal -- we got a little pop

I doubt the higher numbered args will appear. Or I could be wrong.

Roleset blow.06 Verbnet Class: NONE "explode":

Roles:

Arg0:causal agent


Arg1:thing exploding


Arg2:instrument (bomb)

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


ergative boom (-)
Last week, the strategy of playing the two experts off each other blew up.
ArgM-TMP:	Last week
Arg1:	the strategy of playing the two experts off each other
REL:	[ blew] [ up]

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: participle


agentive (-)
The representative responded that Noriega had numerous assets in place in Nicaragua and could accomplish many essential things, just as Noriega had helped the U.S. the previous year in *trace* blowing up a Sandinista arsenal.''
Arg0:	*trace* -> Noriega
REL:	[ blowing] [ up]
Arg1:	a Sandinista arsenal

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


with instrument (-)
John blew up the anthill with a firecracker.
Arg0:	John
REL:	blew up
Arg1:	the anthill
Arg2-with:	a firecracker

Roleset blow.07 Verbnet Class: 1 "explosive air motion":

Roles:

Arg0:air


Arg1:thing being moved

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


boom (-)
The blasts blew out windows, spewed debris for miles and crumpled the ceiling in an area elementary school.
Arg0:	The blasts
REL:	[ blew] [ out]
Arg1:	windows

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


also ergative (-)
A company official said the explosions began when a seal blew out.
Arg1:	a seal
REL:	[ blew] [ out]
ArgM-TMP:	*trace* -> when