Roleset finish.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "cause to stop":

Roles:

Arg0:Intentional agent


Arg1:Thing finishing


Arg2:Explicit instrument, thing finished with


ArgM:point at which something finishs

Examples:

ArgM might be TMP if a time period is finishing, might be EXT if some financial thing is the Arg1, might be LOC if it's a spatial thing finishing, perhaps MNR also


arg1 as pro-controlled S (-)
Moreover, Suez had just finished winning an even larger battle last year for control of Societe Generale de Belgique.
ArgM-DIS:	Moreover
ArgM-TMP:	just
REL:	finished
Arg1:	[Suez] [winning an even larger battle last year for control of Societe Generale de Belgique]




arg1 as NP (-)
The Senate's public gallery was packed with Judge Hastings' supporters , who erupted into applause after he finished his argument.
Arg0:	he
REL:	finished
Arg1:	his argument

Roleset finish.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "terminate":

Examples:

Roles:

Arg1:thing closing


ArgM-MNR:up, down, or unchanged, or degree of change


ArgM-EXT:end point





manner and extent (-)
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which had jumped 41.60 points on Tuesday, drifted on either side of its previous close and finished with a gain of just 0.82 at 2645.90.
Arg1:	The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which had jumped 41.60 points on Tuesday,
REL:	finished
ArgM-MNR:	with a gain of just 0.82
ArgM-EXT:	at 2645.90

Roleset finish.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "apply a finish, as to wood":

Roles:

Arg0:painter, agent


Arg1:surface


Arg2:finish itself, stain or varnish

Examples:

all args (-)
John finished his new armoire in a lovely shade of chartreuse.
Arg0:	John
REL:	finished
Arg1:	his new armoire
Arg2-in:	a lovely shade of chartreuse

I wonder if this sense will ever appear.