Roleset celebrate.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "honor, show respect to":

Roles:

Arg0:honorer


Arg1:honored


Arg2:for what reason

Examples:

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


well, ok, maybe once (-)
A security guard at a cargo terminal, he wears a Sons of Italy jacket and cap celebrating ``The US 1 Band.''
Arg0:	a Sons of Italy jacket and cap
REL:	celebrating
Arg1:	The US 1 Band

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


with reason (-)
Mary celebrated John for finishing his dissertation.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	celebrated
Arg1:	John
Arg2-for:	finishing his dissertation

A marginal usage, to be sure.

Roleset celebrate.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "have a party":

Roles:

Arg0:celebrator(s)


Arg1:party, occasion

Examples:

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


party hearty (-)
They don't even give a nod to human sensibilities by *trace* celebrating Halloween.
Arg0:	*trace* -> They
REL:	celebrating
Arg1:	Halloween

Two senses could be disambiguated by the kind of entity in arg1: persons would be in celebrate.01, dates or events in celebrate.02.