Roleset grind.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "make smaller, crush":

Roles:

Arg0:grinder


Arg1:thing crushed


Arg2:end state

Examples:

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


ashes to ashes, dust to dust (-)
Penn pays John big bucks for *trace* grinding rocks into sand.
Arg0:	*trace* -> John
REL:	grinding
Arg1:	rocks
Arg2-into:	sand

Roleset grind.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "emit grinding sound":

Roles:

Arg1:thing making sound

Examples:

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


holy shmoly (-)
''She's being attacked by the demon,'' Mrs. Warren stagewhispers as the priest sprinkles holy water over the squirming woman, and the television camera grinds.
Arg1:	the television camera
REL:	grinds

Roleset grind.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "idiomatic: grind to a [stop|halt]":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of stopping


Arg1:thing stopping


Arg2:stop, halt, etc

Examples:

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


intransitive (-)
But despite mounting recession fears, government data don't yet show the economy grinding to a halt.
Arg1:	the economy
REL:	grinding
Arg2:	to a halt

Roleset grind.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "move with difficulty":

Roles:

Arg0:mover


Arg1:moved


Arg2:destination

Examples:

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


mountain goats? (-)
Kay Peterson mounts her bicycle and grinds up yet another steep, rocky path seemingly suitable only for mountain goats.
Arg1:	Kay Peterson
REL:	grinds
Arg2-up:	yet another steep, rocky path seemingly suitable only for mountain goats

Roleset grind.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "make smaller, crush":

Roles:

Arg0:agent


Arg1:thing crushed


Arg2:end state

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
At worst, he adds, ``They'd have [*-2] to grind them all up and throw them away.''
Arg0:	[*-2] -> They
REL:	[ grind] [ up]
Arg1:	[ them] [ all]

Some of the verbs are misparsed: the parser identifies them as the past tense form of 'grind' instead of the present tense of 'ground'. See the frames for 'ground' in such cases.