Roleset carve.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "cut carefully":

Roles:

Arg0:carver


Arg1:thing carved


Arg2:instrument

Examples:

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


all args (-)
John carved the delicate vegetables with a chainsaw.
Arg0:	John
REL:	carved
Arg1:	the delicate vegetables
Arg2-with:	a chainsaw

Roleset carve.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "create by carving":

Roles:

Arg0:builder


Arg1:construction


Arg2:material, start state

Examples:

with other args (-)
John carved the block of ice into a swan.
Arg0:	John
REL:	carved
Arg2:	the block of ice
Arg1-into:	a swan

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


order reversed (-)
John carved a swan out of a block of ice.
Arg0:	John
REL:	carved
Arg1:	a swan
Arg2-out:	of a block of ice

Roleset carve.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "create variant":

Roles:

Arg0:builder


Arg1:construction


Arg2:material, start state


Arg3:benefactive


Arg4:end state

Examples:

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


just transitive (-)
No federal court has ruled that the Voting Rights Act protects a white minority, but in June the Justice Department approved a districting plan for Birmingham that *trace* carves out three white-majority districts and six black-majority districts.
Arg0:	*trace* -> that -> a districting plan
REL:	[ carves] [ out]
Arg1:	three white-majority districts and six black-majority districts

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


with benefactive (-)
The unusual situation in Birmingham vividly illustrates the divisive consequences of *trace* carving out safe districts for racial minorities.
Arg0:	*trace*
REL:	[ carving] [ out]
Arg1:	safe districts
Arg3-for:	racial minorities

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


odd way to phrase start state/material (-)
But their ideal of an Afrikaner homeland, an all-white reserve *trace* *trace* to be carved *trace* out of present-day South Africa, is a mainstream desire of the right-wing, which embraces about one-third of the country's five million whites.
REL:	[ carved] [ out]
Arg1:	*trace* -> *trace* -> *trace* -> an all-white reserve
Arg2-of:	present-day South Africa

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


odd way to phrase end state (-)
But that has been the key to Compaq's success, he adds, whereas Dell carved out its market niche as a direct seller of low-cost but reliable computers -- and it might be too late in the game for a shift in strategy.
Arg0:	Dell
REL:	[ carved] [ out]
Arg1:	its market niche
Arg4-as:	a direct seller of low-cost but reliable computers