Roleset breathe.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "suck air":

Roles:

Arg0:breather


Arg1:air, we hope


Arg2:direction

Examples:

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


intransitive with direction (-)
With Mr. Icahn breathing down his neck, however, Mr. Corry may have little choice but to sell at a weak price, even if it means losing some steel-related tax-loss carryforwards.
Arg0:	Mr. Icahn
REL:	breathing
Arg2-down:	his neck

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


with object NP (-)
John tried *trace* to breathe water.
Arg0:	*trace* -> John
REL:	breathe
Arg1:	water

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


with object PP (-)
John tried *trace* to breathe in water.
Arg0:	*trace* -> John
REL:	breathe
Arg1-in:	water

Be careful to distinguish prepositional phrases describing the air argument from PP-LOCs: John tried to breathe under water. person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: full


different direction (-)
*trace* Breathe in, *trace* breathe out.
Arg0:	*trace*
REL:	breathe
Arg2-DIR:	in

similarly breathe out.