Roleset bump.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "hit gently":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, hitter - animate only!


Arg1:thing hit


Arg2:instrument, thing hit by or with

Examples:

instrumental subject (-)
Sentiment was helped by the small gain made by New York stocks Wednesday despite anxiety over possible effects of the major earthquake that *trace* bumped northern California Tuesday.
Arg2:	*trace* -> that -> the major earthquake
REL:	bumped
Arg1:	northern California
ArgM-TMP:	Tuesday




agentive (-)
John bumped the fence with a stick.
Arg0:	John
REL:	bumped
Arg1:	the fence
Arg2-with:	a stick

Roleset bump.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "move slightly":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of motion


Arg1:entity in motion


Arg2:EXT


Arg3:start point


Arg4:end point


Arg5:direction

Examples:

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


direction and end point (-)
Conceivably, in a scaled-back buy-out, they could be bumped *trace* back to coach seats for life.
ArgM-DIS:	Conceivably
ArgM-LOC:	in a scaled-back buy-out
ArgM-MOD:	could
REL:	bumped
Arg1:	*trace* -> they
Arg5-DIR:	back
Arg4-to:	coach seats for life

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


agent and direction (-)
Yesterday, when similar securities rebounded, it bumped the valuation up again.
ArgM-TMP:	Yesterday, when similar securities rebounded,
Arg0:	it
REL:	bumped
Arg1:	the valuation
Arg5-DIR:	up
ArgM-DIS:	again

Roleset bump.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "collide":

Roles:

Arg1:one thing in collision


Arg2:the other (usually prepositional)

Examples:

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


different bump up (-)
Mr. Maynard isn't the first entrepreneur *trace* *trace* to bump up against entrenched interests.
Arg1:	*trace* -> *trace* -> the first entrepreneur
REL:	[ bump] [ up]
Arg2-against:	entrenched interests