Roleset embark.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "begin":

Roles:

Arg0:beginner


Arg1:thing begun

Examples:

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


basic transitive (-)
``In order to restore confidence and ensure the support of our principal lenders,'' Mr. Bond said, ``we embarked on fundamantal changes in the structure and direction of the group.''
ArgM-PNC:	In order to restore confidence and ensure the support of our principal lenders
Arg0:	we
REL:	embarked
Arg1-on:	fundamantal changes in the structure and direction of the group

Is there also a sense 'get on' or 'depart', as in a travel sense? Or does that only occur in the inverse 'disembark'?