Roleset construe.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to interpret":

Roles:

Arg0:interpreter, agent


Arg1:entity construed

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
In the Lilly case , the appeals court broadly construed a federal statute to grant Medtronic , a medical device manufacturer , an exemption [0] [*] to infringe a patent under certain circumstances [*T*-1] .
ArgM-LOC:	In the Lilly case
Arg0:	the appeals court
ArgM-MNR:	broadly
REL:	construed
Arg1:	a federal statute to grant Medtronic , a medical device manufacturer , an exemption [0] [*] to infringe a patent under certain circumstances [*T*-1]