Roleset figure.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "think":

Roles:

Arg0:thinker


Arg1:thought

Examples:

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


most common usage (-)
He figures P&G will expand its personal-care product line in Japan to ``continue that momentum.''
Arg0:	He
REL:	figures
Arg1:	P&G will expand its personal-care product line in Japan to ``continue that momentum

Roleset figure.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "plan":

Roles:

Arg0:planner


Arg1:thing planned


Arg2-on:grounds for planning

Examples:

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


plan an infinite-S (-)
Pierre Peladeau, a Canadian newspaper publisher little-known in the U.S., figures to become a big player in North American printing -- and his ambitions don't end there.
Arg0:	Pierre Peladeau , a Canadian newspaper publisher little-known in the U.S. ,
REL:	figures
Arg1:	to become a big player in North American printing

Roleset figure.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "play a role":

Roles:

Arg0:actor


Arg1:role

Examples:

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


not exactly a role (-)
The Chicago office figured prominently in the bank's problems earlier this year, when $65 million in loans to Chicago businessman William Stoecker went sour.
Arg0:	The Chicago office
REL:	figured
ArgM-MNR:	prominently
Arg1-in:	the bank's problems earlier this year, when $65 million in loans to Chicago businessman William Stoecker went sour

Roleset figure.04 Verbnet Class: 1 "determine, calculate":

Roles:

Arg0:decider


Arg1:thing determined


Arg2:grounds


Arg3:attribute of arg1

Examples:

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


passive (-)
This had been the exclusive province of those rich enough to use six-figure sums to get income that *trace* was figured *trace* beyond the third or fourth decimal place.
REL:	figured
Arg1:	*trace* -> *trace* -> that -> income
ArgM-MNR:	beyond the third or fourth decimal place

Roleset figure.05 Verbnet Class: 1 "determine":

Roles:

Arg0:decider


Arg1:thing determined


Arg2:grounds


Arg3:attribute of arg1

Examples:

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


you figure it out (-)
James Cleveland, a courier who earned a Bravo Zulu for *trace* figuring out how to get a major customer's 1,100-parcel-a-week load to its doorstep by 8 a.m., considers himself far more than a courier.
Arg0:	*trace* -> *trace* -> who -> a courier
REL:	[ figuring] [ out]
Arg1:	how to get a major customer's 1,100-parcel-a-week load to its doorstep by 8 a.m.