Roleset feed.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "cause to eat":

Roles:

Arg0:causal agent


Arg1:food


Arg2:eater

Examples:

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


double object (-)
Under the stars and moons of the renovated Indiana Roof ballroom, nine of the hottest chefs in town fed them Indiana duckling mousseline, lobster consomme, veal mignon and chocolate terrine with a raspberry sauce.
ArgM-LOC:	Under the stars and moons of the renovated Indiana Roof ballroom
Arg0:	nine of the hottest chefs in town
REL:	fed
Arg2:	them
Arg1:	Indiana duckling mousseline, lobster consomme, veal mignon and chocolate terrine with a raspberry sauce

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


agentive transitive takes arg2 (-)
Bailiffs claimed they were required *trace* to chauffeur him to and from work, mow his lawn, chop his wood, fix his car and even drop by his house *trace* to feed his two grown mutts, Dixie and Husky.
Arg0:	*trace* -> *trace* -> they
REL:	feed
Arg2:	his two grown mutts , Dixie and Husky

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


passivization of food (-)
The transluscent husk of the seed is removed, sifted and crushed; the seed itself is fed *trace* to animals.
REL:	fed
Arg1:	*trace* -> the seed itself
Arg2-to:	animals

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle
This is missing the trace.

passivization of eater (-)
Today's most widely used data-storing chips have ``volatile'' memories -- their data disappear if they aren't fed a steady diet of electricity, so they need external power supplies.
Arg2:	they
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	fed
Arg1:	a steady diet of electricity

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


arg2 subject, prepositional (-)
In the early 1970s, when the ``world food crisis'' was a major worry, Phillips Petroleum Co., like several other big companies, began developing ``single-cell protein,'' edible protein made by microbes feeding on non-edible materials.
Arg2:	microbes
REL:	feeding
Arg1-on:	non-edible materials

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


arg1 subject, transitive (-)
Walt Disney Co.'s Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., stocks rescue equipment, medical supplies, and enough food and water *trace* *trace* to feed at least 10,000 visitors for as long as five days in the event that a calamity isolates the theme park.
Arg1:	*trace* -> *trace* -> enough food and water
REL:	feed
Arg2:	at least 10,000 visitors
ArgM-TMP:	for as long as five days
ArgM-LOC:	in the event that a calamity isolates the theme park

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


metaphorical feeding? (-)
Lotus Development Corp. feeds its evaluations into a computer, but only for storage; the decisions are made by supervisors.
Arg0:	Lotus Development Corp.
REL:	feeds
Arg1:	its evaluations
Arg2-into:	a computer

Who'd'a thunk one verb could take every possible arrangement of three args?

Roleset feed.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "increase":

Roles:

Arg0:cause of increase


Arg1:thing increasing

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
As the deals also improve Japanese access to American technology and market knowledge, they feed American anxieties in this area, too.
ArgM-CAU:	As the deals also improve Japanese access to American technology and market knowledge
Arg0:	they
REL:	feed
Arg1:	American anxieties in this area
ArgM:	too

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


prepositional (-)
In a few weeks, many barges probably won't be able to operate fully loaded south of St. Louis because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is beginning to reduce the flow of the Missouri River, which *trace* feeds into the Mississippi River.
Arg0:	*trace* -> which -> the Missouri River
REL:	feeds
Arg1-into:	the Mississippi River

Roleset feed.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "feed up: be(come) exasperated":

Roles:

Arg1:fed up entity, experiencer


Arg2:causer of fed-up-ed-ness

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


always adjectival (-)
Two years ago, the Rev. Jeremy Hummerstone, vicar of Great Torrington, Devon, got so fed up with ringers who didn't attend service he sacked the entire band; the ringers promptly set up a picket line in protest.
Arg1:	the Rev. Jeremy Hummerstone, vicar of Great Torrington, Devon,
Argm-ADV:	so
REL:	fed up
Arg2-with:	ringers who didn't atend service