Roleset drill.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "put holes into":

Roles:

Arg0:driller, agent


Arg1:thing drilled, gaining holes


Arg2:drill


Arg3:seeking (oil)


Arg4:holes

Examples:

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


drilling for oil (-)
The import quotas got only a 2 1/2-year extension, and USX is laboring under a staggering $5.8 billion debt at a time when it must spend money *trace* to upgrade steel mills and drill for oil.
Arg0:	*trace* -> it
REL:	drill
Arg3-for:	oil

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


not a locative (-)
John drilled holes in Mary's coffee table.
Arg0:	John
REL:	drilled
Arg4:	holes
Arg1-in:	Mary's coffee table

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


demonstrating non-adjunctivality (-)
John drilled Mary's coffee table.
Arg0:	John
REL:	drilled
Arg1:	Mary's coffee table

Note that 'drill for oil' is merely a specific type of general drilling; arg1 'the earth' is acquiring arg4 'holes' out of which arg3 'oil' will be drawn. The drill itself (arg2) will only rarely appear.

Roleset drill.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "train, make practice":

Roles:

Arg0:drill sargeant


Arg1:recruits


Arg2:action

Examples:

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


drill sargeant (-)
John drilled his (toy) soldiers in complex marching formations.
Arg0:	John
REL:	drilled
Arg1:	his (toy) soldiers
Arg2-in:	complex marching formations